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Has Emmanuel Macron infected a Swiss?
The French president fell ill with Covid-19, shortly after a high-level visit from the neighboring country.
The mask did not protect him: French President Emmanuel Macron fell ill with Covid-19.
The Elysee Palace announced on Thursday that the French president was going to quarantine for seven days as “for everyone.” After the first symptoms, Emmanuel Macron had tested positive for Covid-19 the night before. But he will continue working and “will ensure his activities remotely,” the press service assured.
In Paris, the news sounded like a “political earthquake,” said a commentator, Jérémy Brossard, on one of the many television shows. In France, the president has a great deal of political power, the scope of which only becomes apparent once he is absent. Macron is specifically seen as someone who tries to take care of everything; It even manages the details of the crisis of the crown in the periodic meetings of the “Council of Defense of the State”. It only has deputies on paper, namely the head of the National Assembly, currently Richard Ferrand.
Now the important trip abroad won’t work
He also went into quarantine after meeting Macron. Prime Minister Jean Castex also had to isolate himself as a contact person on Thursday. The government is no longer in a position to meet and travel in person. It is difficult for Macron, who, among other things, wanted to travel to Lebanon next week.
The first wife, Brigitte Macron, has also retired into quarantine within the Elysees. Macron himself is said to have only mild symptoms, as unofficially reported from the Elysee. In Paris, however, from experience, such information is received with caution. Various heads of state such as Georges Pompidou or François Mitterrand had left the public in the dark about the course of his illness.
Is it necessary to quarantine the ICRC president now?
Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC.
It is unclear who infected Macron. The possibilities are many. The French president, who will turn 43 next Monday, has had numerous personal meetings over a week, first at the EU summit in Brussels and then at an OECD anniversary meeting in Paris.
On Tuesday, he met with the President of Parliament, the Prime Minister and ICRC Director Peter Maurer at the Elysee. A spokeswoman told this newsroom that the Swiss would take “all indicated precautionary measures.” This concerns the question of a possible quarantine for Maurer. Since all visitors and Macron to the Elysee must wear protective masks, the ICRC president is not automatically considered a contact person.
