China News Agency, Paris, December 21 (Reporter Li Yang) French President Macron celebrated his 43rd birthday on the 21st local time. French officials stated that he continued to work at the presidential residence in Versailles while being isolated on the same day. He still has symptoms. , But the condition is still in a stable state.

　　French government spokesperson Atal released Macron’s health status on the 21st. He said Macron’s condition is still stable; the chief physician of the French Presidential Palace evaluated Macron’s virus infection and believed that he still had the virus. Symptoms of infection.

On the evening of December 17, local time, French President Macron appeared for the first time after he was diagnosed with the new crown virus. He attended the meeting and delivered a speech via video connection.

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　　Attar said that Macron continued to work while quarantining the presidential residence in Versailles and attended the ministerial meeting on the 21st via video.

The video showed Macron wearing a mask and speaking at a slow rate.

　　Macron said at the ministerial meeting that since the average number of new confirmed cases in France has increased by 20% in the past week, government departments must continue to be vigilant against the epidemic.

He also said that the health department's epidemic data show that the spread of the virus is still at a high level, so people must be cautious during the Christmas holidays.

　　When talking about the mutated new coronavirus, Macron believes that this reflects the complexity of the virus, so it must be handled carefully.

He said that France is cooperating with relevant European parties to seek to establish an appropriate common response strategy.

　　Macron also briefly looked forward to next year's work, saying that French officials will determine the focus of work in the first half of next year in early January next year.

He revealed that next year will deal with economic and social challenges.

　　Macron was diagnosed with the new crown virus on the 17th and went to the presidential residence in Versailles for isolation.

Mrs. Macron's Brigitte tested negative for the new crown virus and she stayed in the Elysee Palace for isolation.

　　French Minister of Health Vilan pointed out that day that the epidemic situation in France is “very fragile and unstable” and the level of virus transmission is still high. The most important thing now is that the epidemic indicator “must not turn in the wrong direction”.

　　The epidemic data released by the French Ministry of Health that night showed that France has a total of 2,479,151 confirmed cases on the 21st, and the cumulative number of deaths is now 60,900.

There are 25,233 hospitalized patients with the new crown in France, of which 2,746 are severely ill.

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