The Minister for Gender Equality, Elisabeth Moreno, announced on Monday that she was positive for the coronavirus.
A new minister in solitary confinement. The Minister for Gender Equality, Elisabeth Moreno, said on Monday that she was positive for the coronavirus. “Contact case, I carried out a test this morning and I have just learned that I am positive for Covid-19. In accordance with the rules in force decreed by the Government, I am isolating myself now and continue to perform my functions remotely, ”she wrote on social networks.
Contact case, I carried out a test this morning and I have just learned that I am positive for Covid-19.
In accordance with the rules in force decreed by the Government, I isolate myself from now on and continue to carry out my functions from a distance.
– Elisabeth Moreno (@ 1ElisaMoreno) January 3, 2022
At the end of December, it was the Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili who announced on December 27 that she had tested positive for Covid-19 and had isolated herself, while continuing to work remotely. Housing Minister Emmanuelle Wargon tested positive on December 31. “Contact case, today I carried out a Covid test which turned out to be positive. I have since been in solitary confinement and will continue to perform all of my functions remotely. Take care of yourselves and happy New Years Eve everyone, ”she wrote a few hours before the New Year celebrations.
A meeting in Matignon
At 4 pm on Monday, Prime Minister Jean Castex will meet ten of his ministers “to take stock of the impact of the Omicron variant and the continuity of essential public services,” Matignon announced to AFP on Sunday. “Hospitals, places of education, public transport, administrations, army, police stations and even companies in the energy sector” will be the sectors concerned, said this source. The ministers of Health Olivier Véran, of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, of Labor Elisabeth Borne, of the Armies Florence Parly, of the Civil Service Amélie de Montchalin, of the Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili, of Transports Jean-Baptiste Djebbari and the government spokesperson Gabriel Attal will participate in this meeting.
On average over the last seven days, more than 160,000 people have been infected, with daily peaks sometimes beyond 200,000, according to Public Health France.
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