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6:22 p.m., November 22, 2021
Prime Minister Jean Castex is the contact case for his 11-year-old daughter. Placed in solitary confinement, the head of government immediately performed a PCR test, the result of which will be known shortly, Matignon said. Jean Castex had gone to Brussels in the morning where he had met his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo.
The Prime Minister, Jean Castex, contact case at Covid-19 after one of his 11-year-old daughters tested positive, forced himself to isolate himself and will lead the meeting on Monday around the elected officials of Guadeloupe by videoconference.
The expected PCR test result
The head of government “immediately carried out a PCR test, the result of which will be known and communicated in the evening”, indicated Matignon. Jean Castex had gone to Brussels in the morning where he had met his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo. Jean Castex was initially to receive at Matignon, Monday at 6 p.m., some of the elected officials of Guadeloupe in order to allow them “to present their analysis of the situation on the spot”, surrounded by the ministers of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, of Overseas , Sébastien Lecornu, and Health, Olivier Véran. He will make a statement at the end of the meeting, broadcast on social networks.
Already twice contact case
The Prime Minister had already been in contact with Covid 19 twice: once after a dinner with Emmanuel Macron in December, following which the president had tested positive, then in June, after Jean’s wife Castex had contracted the disease. The head of government, who received two doses of the vaccine, has never tested positive.