• France French President Emmanuel Macron, positive for coronavirus

When and how Emmanuel Macron caught Covid-19 is not yet known.

Yes, he has tested positive in a PCR test carried out after "the first symptoms" that appeared on the night from Wednesday to Thursday.

After

a dinner with a dozen

like-minded

parliamentary leaders

at the Elysee that lasted until midnight.

The intense political activity of the President of the Republic has led the heads of four European governments, as well as the leaders of two supranational organizations to self-quarantine for seven days.

Among them, Pedro Sánchez.

The news was made public through a statement from the Elysee released at 10:27 in the morning.

Four lines, 60 words that included the statement that Macron "would continue to work and carry out his activities remotely."

Minutes later it was announced that the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, who had been in contact with him, had taken a test.

And that despite having tested negative, he was going to remain in isolation for the seven days required by the

health protocol

.

Castex is a 'repeat offender': he was already in quarantine in September after the positive of the director of the Tour de France in whose car he followed a stage of the cycling test.

The next to react was the head of the Spanish Government.

Pedro Sánchez, who was with Macron in Paris on Monday, immediately took the test.

In the afternoon it was learned that his result was negative.

It will also be

quarantined until Christmas Eve

.

His isolation prevented him from accompanying the King at the inauguration of the exhibition dedicated to Manuel Azaña at the National Library.

Sánchez participated on Monday in the French capital in the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the OECD.

He and Macron participated in a debate at the organization's headquarters together with its secretary general, the Mexican Ángel Gurría, and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel.

The French president later invited them to lunch at the Elysee, his official residence.

That day, Macron received them in the courtyard of honor dressed in a suit and vest.

The French president is a very tactile person but he only shook hands with Gurría.

He patted Sánchez and Michel on the back.

Both the President of the European Council and the Secretary General of the OECD have isolated themselves, according to their offices.

On Wednesday, Macron received the Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa.

He was also invited to share a lunch at the Elysee.

However, both read a statement in the courtyard of honor.

Either because of that, or because the day was colder, Macron put on his coat.

Two other prime ministers who have been in contact with Macron have decided to quarantine themselves.

They are

the Luxembourgish Xavier Bettel and the Belgian Alexandre de Croo

.

They all participated in the European summit last Thursday and Friday in Brussels.

Other leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel or the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, have declined to be tested or isolate themselves.

To all this, the only one who has symptoms is Macron.

"Light, similar to a flu, cough and tiredness" have reported sources from the Elysee.

The President of the Republic has closed his agenda that included a trip to Lebanon next week.

Macron has 'reappeared' this afternoon.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the National Humanitarian Conference that was held at the Quai D'Orsay closed by videoconference.

Dressed in a turtleneck sweater and a jacket, with an FP2 mask, visibly fatigued and in a low vital tone, he addressed a few words in an act broadcast by television networks.

He has not made reference to his status.

The Elysee has reported that

the president's wife has tested negative

in a test done today.

Brigitte Macron, 67, has no symptoms and had another test negative on Tuesday, done before visiting a pediatric ward of a Parisian hospital.

Massive agapes

In addition to the prime minister, the president of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, who had lunch with Macron on Tuesday, has decided to quarantine himself as well.

It was an agape in which the leaders of nine parliamentary groups took part.

Jean Luc Mélenchon, leader of La Francia Insoumise (far left), has stated that "the barrier gestures were strictly respected".

He does not consider himself close contact because he was "sitting more than ten meters from the president."

The French head of state has chaired the council of ministers and a defense council this week.

The Elysee has specified that the attendees are not going to be quarantined because in both conclaves distances were respected and all were wearing a mask.

More controversial is the dinner that on Wednesday brought together a dozen politicians related to the president at El Elíseo.

The secretary general of the presidency,

Alexis Kohler

, seated to the right of Macron and the president of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, to the left, will remain in isolation for a week and will undergo PCR tests.

It is controversial due to the number of diners, a dozen, when it is recommended that citizens not meet more than six adults.

For this reason, the spokesman of the parliamentary group related to the Government, Christophe Castaner, has declared that the distance was respected because the dinner was arranged in the Elysee party room that can accommodate several hundred people.

Also, everyone had a microphone.

In general, the French political class does not seem willing to argue with the contagion of the president.

If Mélenchon was correct, the leader of the extreme right, Marine Le Pen, has wished her rival a speedy recovery.

Boris Johnson, who was seriously ill from Covid in the spring, wished his "friend" "a speedy recovery".

Other heads of state who have suffered from the pandemic have been the American Donald Trump and the Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro.


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