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COVID-19: French President, Macron Contracts Coronavirus

France’s president Emmanuel Macron on Thursday  tested positive for coronavirus.

Eko Hot Blog reports that the announcement of Macron position COVID-19 diagnosis was contained in short statement from the presidency.

According to the statement, the 42-year-old was tested after showing early symptoms and the result returned positive.

The statement, however, didn’t divulge details of the symptoms the French president was experiencing.

Paris said he would now embark on isolation for seven days but will continue to attend to pressing matters and discharge his duties remotely.

“He will continue to work and take care of his activities at a distance,” presidency said in the statement.

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Coversely, His wife Brigitte, 67, is in quarantaine, her office said, although she is not showing any COVID-19 symptoms.

Mr Macron was due to visit Lebanon next week on 22 December. The trip has now been cancelled, a spokeswoman said.

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