French President’s Wife Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Late December: Media

January 9, 2021COVID-19

French President’s Wife Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Late December: Media

French First Lady Brigitte Macron with her husband the French President takes part in a ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence during World War II which helped liberate southern France, in Bormes-les-Mimosas, on Aug. 17, 2020. (Eric Gaillard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

PARIS —The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 towards the end of December but resumed normal activities after a second test proved negative, French radios Europe 1 and France Info reported on Saturday.

Europe 1 said Brigitte Macron tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 24. It said she presented no major symptoms and then had two further tests on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 which proved negative.

President Macron himself tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 17, and was in self-isolation until a subsequent test on Dec. 24 showed he no longer had COVID-19 symptoms.

By Nicolas Delame and Sudip Kar-Gupta