A number of French and European officials entered a voluntary quarantine today, Thursday, after announcing that French President Emmanuel Macron was infected with the emerging coronavirus, while US President-elect Joe Biden and outgoing Vice President Mike Pence will receive the anti-virus vaccine publicly to enhance public confidence in it. .

Macron's office said today that the tests confirmed that he was infected with the emerging coronavirus, which led to the start of a tracking and monitoring campaign targeting a number of European Union leaders and senior officials who had met him in the past few days.

The president’s office added that all Macron’s visits were canceled, including one to Lebanon on December 22nd.

He did not disclose details of the president's health condition or symptoms.

Macron attended a European summit last week, during which he met with a number of European Union leaders to discuss the bloc's budget, the file of climate change, and differences with Turkey.

Following the announcement of Macron's injury, Prime Minister Jean Castex's office said it would also isolate himself after having had contact with the president over the past few days, despite his test result being negative.

Leaders of political parties in the National Assembly (parliament) are also subject to self-isolation, as they had lunch with Macron earlier this week.

European leaders

In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's office said today that it has stopped all public activities and will be subject to quarantine until the 24th of this month, after meeting Macron, and a spokesman for the European Union said that the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, began self-isolation as a precaution, after his contact with Macron The last few days.

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In Portugal, the office of Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that the latter has canceled all his official trips and is currently in self-isolation less than 24 hours after his meeting with Macron, although he did not show any symptoms, and that he is currently waiting for the result of an examination he underwent today.

Reuters reported that OECD President Angel Guria stated, in a tweet on his Twitter account, that he had entered a quarantine, and that Corona would be examined after he had a meeting a few days ago with the French President.

The Al-Jazeera correspondent in Paris stated that Xavi Beetle, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, also entered quarantine after having had contact with Macron the past few days.

Biden and Pence

On the other hand, US "CNN" reported that President-elect Joe Biden will receive the Coronavirus vaccine early next week.

The network stated that Biden is planning to take the vaccine in a public place, and quoted "informed" sources that the delay was due to logistical procedures, to vaccinate in a public place.

Biden and his deputy, Kamala Harris, had a few days ago held an online meeting with more than 30 US state governors, which focused on the repercussions of the Corona pandemic.

During the meeting in which Biden's team in charge of combating the Corona virus participated, the President-elect indicated that his priorities regarding the response to the pandemic, during the first 100 days of his administration, will focus on 3 axes: vaccination, focus on wearing masks, reopening schools.

Pence (right) will receive a Corona vaccine tomorrow and President-elect Biden early next week (Reuters)

Biden told state governors that he wanted to work with them on a "arduous task" of providing free and safe vaccines, and added that he would ask to create an atmosphere that would allow schools to reopen with the end of the first hundred days of his rule.

And Reuters indicated that Mike Pence, the current Vice President, and his wife, Karen, will receive the anti-virus vaccine in public tomorrow.

Trump

The White House stated that President Donald Trump will receive the vaccination when his medical team decides that this is the best option, and Trump had contracted the virus last October at the height of the election campaign, and was transferred for follow-up treatment at a military hospital near Washington, DC.

Biden Pence's decision to take the vaccine openly comes in light of the doubts of a group of Americans about the vaccine and its implications for human health.In a poll by Reuters and Ipsos, only 61% of Americans expressed their willingness to receive the vaccine, and the poll was conducted between 2 and 8. This December.