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“The President of the European Council learned today that one of his security guards, with whom he had close contact early last week, tested positive for covid-19,” announced Charles Michel spokesman Barend Leyts. in a communication through the social network Twitter.
the @eucopresident Today he learned that a security officer, with whom he was in close contact early last week, tested positive for COVID.
The president undergoes tests regularly and yesterday he tested negative. ⁰
Respecting Belgian rules, it has entered quarantine as of today.– Barend Leyts (@BarendLeyts) September 22, 2020
The spokesperson adds that “in compliance with Belgian regulations [adotadas devido ao surto de covid-19], Charles Michel is in quarantine as of today, “despite having been” regularly examined and accused of negative yesterday [segunda-feira]”.
The isolation of Charles Michel makes it impossible to carry out the work at the meeting of Heads of Government and State of the European Union scheduled for this Thursday and Friday in Brussels.
Andrea Neves – Correspondent for Antenna 1 in Brussels
For this reason, the President of the European Council decided to postpone the summit until October 1-2, the spokesperson said, in the same post on Twitter.
Portuguese-Spanish summit postponed
The rescheduling of the European Council for October 1 and 2 also meant the postponement of the Spanish-Portuguese Summit.
António Costa and Pedro Sánchez were to meet on October 2 in the city of Guarda.
There is still no new date for the Iberian meeting.
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