The French government has one new positive coronavirus case among its ranks.
Bérangère Abba, Secretary of State for Biodiversity said Thursday in a tweet that she had tested positive for the virus.
In March, two ministers were hospitalized briefly because of the Covid-19.
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. I isolate myself immediately but remain fully mobilized," said Bérangère Abba, aged 44.
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.