Europe 1 with AFP 2:20 p.m., February 08, 2022
Via her Twitter account, the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, announced that she had tested positive for Covid-19.
She will therefore not go to Beijing to support the French athletes.
Sports Minister Roxana Maracineanu announced on Tuesday that she had tested positive for Covid-19 and was forced to cancel her trip to Beijing, scheduled for February 11 to 15, for the Winter Olympics.
I tested positive for Covid as part of the mandatory protocol before leaving for the Winter Olympics
I have a heavy heart that I cannot go and support our athletes and tell them of our consideration
My thoughts are with them
I continue my remote assignments
— Roxana Maracineanu (@RoxaMaracineanu) February 8, 2022
Absent from the Olympics
"I tested positive for Covid as part of the mandatory protocol before leaving for the Winter Olympics. I have a heavy heart that I cannot go and support our athletes and tell them of our consideration. My thoughts are with them. . I am continuing my missions from a distance,” the minister tweeted.
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