Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, was informed on Sunday evening that she had attended a hearing last week, five days earlier, in which one of the participants tested positive for coronavirus. However, two days later, the president met with the leaders of all the member states.

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Von der Leyen on Twitter reported, adding that he will volunteer for the quarantine tomorrow, until Tuesday morning. The chairman of the EU bureaucracy was tested last Thursday, with a negative result at the time. By the way, according to internal protocol, every Thursday a Covid test is performed at Von der Leyen. The president also said that he was sampled again Monday morning, presumably due to the fact that he will only be quarantined until tomorrow morning if his test is negative.

More interestingly, there was an EU summit in Brussels last Thursday and Friday, attended by the Heads of State and Government of the Member States in person. In other words, Ursula von der Leyen stayed in a courtroom for two days with the 27 leaders and with Charles Michel, President of the European Council; Although under strict safety rules, the photos show that the physical contact was also made on the elbow. Last week’s EU summit would have originally been held a week earlier, but a member of Chalres Michel’s security staff was later found to be coronavirus.



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