Mr. Dupont-Aignan explained that he had carried out, in order to take a train, a test which turned out to be negative on Thursday, December 9, but to have suffered from symptoms on Friday, December 10.
He was then diagnosed positive for Covid-19.
On the other hand, he rejected the accusations of concealing his state of health from people he had known in the days preceding his contamination.
According to Liberation, the deputy "knew he had been in contact" with his wife for several days before her positive diagnosis "and yet continued to participate in meetings" at the National Assembly.
Mr. Dupont-Aignan disputed this version to AFP, claiming to have known about his wife's contact on Thursday evening, December 9, then to have isolated himself, denouncing "slander" against him.
According to the unsuccessful 2017 presidential candidate, all people encountered in the “48 hours” preceding his positive test were warned, in particular those encountered during a trip to Lorraine on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 December.
Contemptor of the sanitary pass, against which he has gone to demonstrate on numerous occasions, criticism against the vaccination campaign and skeptical as to the efficacy and safety of serums, Mr. Dupont Aignan had said to a passerby, during a trip to last November, that he was "not vaccinated".
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