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President Positive Covid-19, France Adds 18,000 New Corona Virus Cases

Biography

Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in the city of Amiens (Somme).

Position at the Ministry

Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Sector, from 2014 s.d. 2016

Political Position

Deputy Secretary General of the Elysée Presidential Palace, from 2012 s.d. 2014

Career

Managing Partner at Bank Rothschild & Co, from 2011 s.d. 2012

Investment Banker, from 2008 s.d. 2011

Financial Inspector, from 2004 s.d. 2008

Education

Postgraduate Diploma (DEA) in Philosophy (Université Paris X-Nanterre)

Paris Institute of Political Science (IEP) graduate

Graduates of the National College of State Administration (ENA) (“Senghor Force”, 2002–2004)

President of the French Republic V

François Hollande, (2012–2017)

Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–2012)

Jacques Chirac (1995–2007)

François Mitterrand (1981–1995)

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (1974–1981)

Alain Poher (1974 — Interim President from 2/4 to 19/5 1974)

Georges Pompidou (1969–1974)

Alain Poher (1969 — Interim President from 28/4 to 20/6/1969)

Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969)

President Positive Covid-19, France Adds 18,000 New Corona Virus Cases

France has registered more than 18,000 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, days after President Emmanuel Macron tested positive.

Health director Jerome Salomon said on Thursday 18,254 new cases was the highest since November 20.

the high number of cases coupled with the condition of the president being infected prompted tracing and tracing efforts across Europe after numerous meetings between Macron and EU leaders.

Salomon, speaking about the alarming developments of the pandemic a week before Christmas, said the reproductive rate of the disease had risen above 1 again, at 1.03.

Levels below 1 are required to gradually withstand the disease.

With more than 2.42 million cases, France is the fifth-worst infected country in the world.

After peaking at nearly 87,000 on November 7, the daily number of new cases dropped dramatically in the following weeks, thanks mainly to the second national lockdown from October 30 to December 15.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has had to self-isolate after having contact with President Emmanuel Macron, who tested positive for Covid-19.

According to The Journal, Thursday (17/12/2020) French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19 and will carry out self-isolation until next week.

“The president tested positive for Covid-19 today,” the presidency said in a statement, adding that he had been tested after “the onset of the first symptoms”.

The Prime Minister’s Office said that Castex would also undergo independent isolation after brief contact with Macron.

Castex is asymptomatic but will no longer go to the French Senate on Thursday to outline his government’s vaccine strategy for fighting Covid-19, the RFI has announced.

The president of the French parliament (National Assembly), Richard Ferrand, announced that he and several other ministers who had lunch with Macron on Tuesday would also go into self-isolation.

Macron is one of several heads of state and government around the world who has contracted Covid-19, formerly British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump.

Macron’s trip to Lebanon next week will be canceled because he tested positive for Covid-19 and must undergo self-isolation.

Macron is scheduled to spend Christmas Eve at the French military base of Finul — United Nations forces in Lebanon, and hold meetings with the country’s leaders.

Macron’s wife, Brigitte, is considered a contact case, but is asymptomatic at this stage, his office said.

The results of the Covid-19 test on December 15 ahead of a visit to Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris were negative.

France earlier this week relaxed restrictions imposed to combat a second wave of Covid-19 but infection rates remain high.

There is still a national curfew starting at 8:00 p.m. local time to stop the spread of the virus while restaurants, cafes and cinemas remain closed.

More than 59,300 people have died in France from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to official figures.

But the cases failed to fall below the target of 5,000 set by the government, and thus replaced the lockdown with stricter measures than originally planned.

The seven-day moving average of new cases, at 12,764, is at a 20-day high.

The death toll rose 258, to 59,619, the seventh highest in the world, compared to 289 on Wednesday and a seven-day moving average of 383.

President of France Isolated Independently 7 Days, What Are the Considerations?

The French presidential palace, Elysee Palace, announced that President Emmanuel Macron was positive for the Covid-19 corona virus, Thursday (17/12/2020).

The palace said Macron was on his wayani PCR test immediately after experiencing symptoms.

“The president will isolate himself for seven days, in line with health protocols that apply to all people,” the palace said, according to The Guardian.

Regarding the period of self-isolation or quarantine of seven days, in September, French Prime Minister Jean Castex said that the time reduction was due to the period of virus transmission rates.

Castex said the seven days was a period when the risk of ‘real’ transmission occurred.

French health authorities also said at the time that many in the country thought the 14-day self-isolation period was too long, reports AP News.

This reduction in the period of self-isolation does not apply in all countries.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still recommending a 14-day self-quarantine period. This recommendation is based on the estimated incubation period limit for the corona virus.

Keep in mind, however, that someone who is positive for Covid-19 can transmit the virus before symptoms develop. Most of the infected people have no symptoms but are still contagious.

In this context, quarantine is an important step to control transmission. However, they also consider a reduction in the quarantine period due to several factors, namely based on local conditions and resources.

“Quarantine may end after the seventh day if the diagnostic specimen is negative and if no symptoms are reported during daily monitoring,” wrote the CDC.

However, this strategy also still carries a risk of transmission, which is estimated at around 5% to 12%.

Other countries that have reduced their periods of self-isolation are England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. They reduced the period from 14 to 10 days, and it has been in effect since Monday (14/12/2020) yesterday.

“After reviewing the evidence, we are now confident that we can reduce the number of days of self-isolation contact from 14 days to 10 days,” said UK chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, Northern Ireland Dr Michael McBride, Wales Dr Frank Atherton) and Scottish interim CMO Dr Gregor Smith, in a joint statement, quoted the Independent.