Candidate LR announced this Thursday, March 24 in a tweet that she had tested positive for Covid-19. Valérie Pécresse however assured that she would continue her campaign “from a distance”. The campaign team clarified that the meeting to be held on Friday would be provided by someone else and that its trip to Bouches-du-Rhône on Saturday was canceled.
LR presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse announced on her Twitter account on Thursday that she had contracted Covid-19 and that she would continue her campaign “from a distance”. “Tested positive for Covid, I am continuing the campaign remotely and in compliance with health rules. All our meetings are maintained thanks to the mobilization of the team”, she said.
Tested positive at #COVID I continue the campaign at a distance and in compliance with health rules. All our meetings are maintained thanks to the mobilization of the team.
— Valerie Pécresse (@vpecresse) March 24, 2022
The trip to the Bouches-du-Rhône canceled
Valérie Pécresse was to go to Bordeaux on Friday but “the meeting will be hosted by someone else”, it was said in her entourage. This person will be his campaign manager, Patrick Stefanini. His Saturday trip to the Bouches-du-Rhône “is canceled”, we added. Despite mild symptoms, such as a cold, Valérie Pécresse will still participate in the Élysée 2022 program on France 2 this Thursday evening by videoconference.
This positive test comes on top of recent lackluster performances and unflattering polls. “But there is no question of being discouraged,” says the candidate, who will attack as soon as she has completed her period of isolation the home stretch of her campaign.