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JUST IN: French President Macron catches COVID, now in isolation

chuks oti

Dec 17, 2020

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French President Emmanuel Macron has joined the league of presidents and prime ministers who contracted the COVID-19.

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He is now self-isolating.

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The 42-year-old will continue to run the country via video conferencing, the Elysee Palace said.

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Other leaders who had caught the bug, include the outgoing US president, Donald Trump, who initially described the virus the Democrats hoax and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson caught the virus in April. He was saved by his country's NHS.

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The British Prime Minister, 56, was among world leaders the worst afflicted by coronavirus.

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There were also Prince Albert II of Monaco, Mikhail Mishustin, prime minister of Russia and ESwatini's prime minister, 52 year-old Ambrose Dlamini.

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Dlamini did not survive the virus. He died 13 December.

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