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French President Emmanuel Macron complains of corona symptoms such as headache and fatigue. He spoke from isolation on Twitter.
French President Emmanuel Macron has addressed his compatriots directly for the first time since his corona infection. “I’m fine,” the 42-year-old said in a video distributed Friday via Twitter. However, he suffers from the crown symptoms of headaches, coughing and fatigue. In the video, Macron was seen in a studio. Government spokesman Gabriel Attal previously said Macron had a fever, a cough and was suffering from severe exhaustion. The Elysee Palace announced Thursday that Macron had tested positive for the corona virus.
The head of state secluded himself in the presidential residence La Laterne on the edge of the gardens of the Palace of Versailles. Macron had often retired there with his wife Brigitte since his election in 2017. In the small castle built in 1787 from the time of Louis XVI. He should also have his 43rd birthday on Monday. His wife Brigitte, 67, remained in quarantine at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
The politician said he had slowed down his workflow a bit, but was still following important issues such as managing the country’s crown crisis or negotiations between the UK and the EU on a Brexit trade pact. Macron thanked his compatriots for their sympathy and urged them to be careful with the pandemic. The virus can affect anyone, he said.
Macron on Twitter:
France is one of the European countries that has been seriously affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to health authorities, there were more than 18,000 new infections on Thursday. Almost 60,000 people have died since the pandemic began. The French health authority expressed “concern” about the recent “resurgence of the epidemic” before the start of the Christmas holidays on Saturday.
Epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned on the BFM-TV television channel of a third lockdown in January if the French did not behave with discipline on vacation. According to a survey by the RTL station and the Orange telecommunications company, 68 percent of citizens do not want to wear a mask at Christmas, although virologists recommend it.
Due to the strict lockdown since the end of October, the number of new infections in France initially dropped significantly and the pressure on hospitals also decreased. All stores have reopened since late November and exit restrictions have also been relaxed. At Christmas, the French are allowed to travel with their families.
The chairman of the government’s crown scientific advisory council, Jean-François Delfraissy, told broadcaster BFM-TV that the president’s illness shows that Covid-19 lung disease could affect anyone, young or old. “The virus remains present and there is a risk, so everyone must respect the rules of distance,” Delfraissy warned.
Infected at the EU summit?
The government assumes that Macron could have been infected at the EU summit late last week. However, due to the large number of your contacts, this is impossible to prove. Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovič (47) is also likely to have been infected at the EU summit.
After the positive result of Macron’s test was known, several leading politicians from France and the EU went into quarantine as a precautionary measure, including the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the president of the EU Council, Charles Michel. .
The government has promised “transparency” about Macron’s health. However, this is not without controversy: the president of the French center party UDI, Jean-Christophe Lagarde, wanted more discretion. “I prefer that there is less communication and one stops lying, as was the case with Mitterrand and Chirac,” said the president, whose opposition party is working “constructively” with Macron.
Former socialist president François Mitterrand made his back pain and cancer a state secret in the 1980s so as not to appear weak. Former President Jacques Chirac’s degenerative nerve disease was only known through a press report in 2011, and he died last year.
(APA / AFP)
