Barbara Pompili, Jean Castex, Roselyne Bachelot… Which members of the government have tested positive for Covid?

They were hit. The French have been living with the Covid-19 epidemic for more than a year now. While this seemed to decrease, the number of contaminations is started to rise again in recent weeks, forcing the government to make important decisions. From many French people who have tested positive to Covid-19 in recent months, there are in particular members of the government. We can first of all mention Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Republic, in December 2020. He had carried out a PCR test “as soon as the first symptoms appear“, had indicated the Elysee. A few days later, it’s his wife, Brigitte Macron, who in turn had tested positive. More recently, it is Jean Castex. On November 22, the Prime Minister said he was positive. He quickly isolated himself and said he had been in contact with his daughter. “They are transmitters, I am a living example. It was my 11 year old daughter who gave me the virus a few weeks ago. I was vaccinated, so I only had an extremely mild form“, he confided afterwards. There is also Roselyne Bachelot. Affected by the virus last April, she had been hospitalized and then confided to suffer from a “long covidToday, everything seems to be back to normal for the Minister of Culture.

Many ministers have been affected by the Covid-19. There are in particularBarbara pompili this Monday, December 27. “I carried out a test which turned out to be positive for Covid-19“, announced the Minister of Ecological Transition before indicating to have been detected following “at the onset of symptoms. I remain isolated and continue to carry out my functions from a distance“, she said on her Twitter account. Very recently there is also Franck Riester. The Minister in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness indicated on December 22 that he had carried out a test. “Following a fever, I tested positive for Covid-19. I isolate myself this evening, and carry out the missions from a distance. Be careful, get vaccinated and protect your loved ones by respecting health instructions and barrier gestures“, he wrote on Twitter. We can also mention Agnes Pannier-Runacher, the Deputy Minister in charge of Industry, tested positive on December 19. Among those hospitalized,Elisabeth Borne. The Minister of Labor was able to leave the hospital after a week of hospitalization last March. There is also Bruno the Mayor, the Minister of Economy and Finance who had mentioned a “not trivial virus“. For its part, Poirson brunette, the Secretary of State for the Ecological Transition, was no exception. The last is Emmanuelle Wargon, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition who was the third minister to be contaminated.

Covid-19: how many cases have been identified in the past 24 hours?

The epidemic is on the rise again and the Omicron variant is worrying a lot. Those are 208,000 cases which have been recorded in the last 24 hours. “We are facing a tidal wave“, assured Olivier Véran. For his part, Emmanuel Macron would have ruled out the possibility of a new confinement, asserting that he privileges “the morale of the French“. Will any new restrictions be put in place soon?

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