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French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, the presidency said, adding that he would now self-isolate for the next week.
Macron was tested after the “onset of the first symptoms” and will now, inBaccordance with national regulations, “self isolate for seven days. He will continue to work and carry out his activities remotely,” his office said in a statement.
He is one of several world leaders who have contracted Covid-19, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump.
As result of the diagnosis, a trip next week by Macron to Lebanon — where the president had been pressing for far-reaching political change after the giant Beirut port explosion in August — has been cancelled, his office said.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex will self-isolate after contact with Macron, his office said.