French Financing Minister Bruno Le Maire stated on Friday he had evaluated favorable for coronavirus, but had no signs and would continue to carry out his tasks while quarantined at home.
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PARIS: French Financing Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday he had actually checked positive for coronavirus, however had no signs and would continue to carry out his responsibilities while quarantined in the house.
” I evaluated favorable for COVID-19 this evening,” Le Maire said in a declaration on Twitter, including that he would remain in the house for 7 days. “I immediately followed the health steps brought in by the federal government by self-isolating in your home.”
He provided no more details.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex last week evaluated negative for COVID-19, after he entered into contact with someone who tested favorable at the Tour de France cycle race.
France has been facing a rise in new verified coronavirus cases, and previously on Friday reported a record number of 13,215 for any 24 hour period because the start of the pandemic. The daily death toll jumped to a four-month high.
Epidemiologists blame the increase on a combination of faster flow of the virus and a six-fold increase in testing since the government made it complimentary.
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