Secretary of State for Biodiversity Bérangère Abba announced Thursday on Twitter that she had tested positive for Covid-19.

“A simple loss of taste and smell led me to take a Covid test, unfortunately positive.

So I isolate myself immediately but remain fully mobilized, ”says Bérangère Abba, 44 years old.

🔴A simple loss of taste and smell led me to take a #Covid test, unfortunately positive.

So I isolate myself immediately but remain fully mobilized.


Despite all the usual precautions, the contagiousness of # Covid_19 really calls for vigilance pic.twitter.com/ebqku7AM0P

- Berangere Abba (@b_abba) May 6, 2021

Other members of the government have caught Covid-19, including Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Culture, and Élisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor.

They had both been hospitalized for a few days.

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