The head of government "immediately carried out a PCR test, the result of which will be known and communicated in the evening," Matignon told AFP.
Jean Castex went to Brussels in the morning where he met his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo.
Jean Castex was initially to receive in Matignon, Monday at 6:00 pm, part of the elected officials of Guadeloupe in order to allow them "to expose their analysis of the situation on the spot", surrounded by the Ministers of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, of the Overseas , Sébastien Lecornu, and Health, Olivier Véran.
Among the participants are in particular the president of the association of mayors of Guadeloupe, Jocelyn Sapotille, the president of the Departmental Council, Philippe Courtoi, the senator and former minister Victorin Lurel, the president of the Region, Ary Chalus, the prefect and the parliamentarians. from the island.
Jean Castex must make a statement at the end of the meeting, broadcast on social networks.
The West Indian department, hit hard by the Covid-19 epidemic this summer, has been shaken for a week by a movement originating from the challenge of the vaccination obligation of caregivers, which degenerated into a social crisis punctuated by numerous violence during the night from Thursday to Friday, when violence and looting began.
Emmanuel Macron on Monday launched an appeal for calm in the face of a crisis described as "very explosive".
The Prime Minister had already been in contact with Covid 19 on three occasions: in September 2020 during the Tour de France after sharing the car of the director of the competition, Christian Prudhomme, a second time following a dinner with Emmanuel Macron in December, then in June, after Mr. Castex's wife contracted the disease.
The head of government, who received two doses of the vaccine, has never tested positive.
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