French Minister of Health Olivier Veran has identified the likely location where the President Emmanuel Macron contracted the coronavirus. According to him, the politician caught the infection at the EU summit (EU) in Brussels on 10-11 December. He stated this in an interview with France 5 .
The head of the department explained that during the summit, a working dinner was organized in a large room, but a large space does not guarantee protection from infection. According to him, Macron, “apparently, could not get infected during a working breakfast or dinner at the Elysee Palace.”
The same assumption was made by a source close to the French leader, reports France Press . It is noted that the politician spent 20 hours without a break in negotiations with his colleagues from 27 countries.
The fact that Macron was infected with the coronavirus it became known earlier on December 17 … He will go into self-isolation for at least a week. At this time, the politician will work remotely. After that, the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez went to quarantine. Other leaders of states and European leaders followed his example. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s infection test result turned out negative.