After months of fighting Covid-19, Emmanuel Macron had never been confronted so closely. Thursday, December 17, 2020, the Élysée Palace announced through a press release that the President of the Republic had contracted the coronavirus. "The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today", was it indicated in the morning. The day after this announcement which had the effect of a bomb, the Head of State spoke about Twitter for reassure the French about his state of health, despite the fatigue. "I wanted to thank you for all the messages of support, of sympathy that you sent me. I wanted to reassure you", he declared before ensuring: "I'm fine." And to list the symptoms from which he suffers: "Fatigue, headaches, a dry cough. (…) There is normally no reason for things to go wrong. "
The resident of the Élysée wanted to emphasize that, despite the barrier gestures that he tried to respect, the virus will not have spared him. A way for him to remind us how important it is to remain vigilant in this period when the epidemic is still circulating very actively. "The virus can affect anyone because I am very protected, I am very careful, I respect barrier gestures, distances, I put on the mask, I put on hydroalcoholic gel on a regular basis, and despite everything, I caught this virus. No doubt (in) a moment of neglect ", he recognized, in a very calm voice. As a reminder, the Minister of Health Olivier Véran said in C to you, sure France 5 Thursday, December 17, 2020, that Emmanuel Macron had "probably" been contaminated "during a European Council there are four or five days in Brussels with heads of state ".
"He doesn't have a head that exudes form"
In reaction to this message, several Internet users took to social networks to have fun with the situation. Some of them joked about the appearance of Brigitte Macron's husband – tested negative for the virus – who seems very weak on the images. "Sorry but Macron's head on his snaps she fuuuuume me", "He has a bad head Emmanuel Macron. Good recovery "," Macron's face scares people "," You saw Macron's face, I confirm he's not well "," (Macron) does not have a head that exudes form ", we read among the tweets. That is said.
– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 18, 2020
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