French foreign minister to self-isolate after COVID contact case

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News ID: 50980
Publish Date: 22:50 - 11 March 2021
Thursday, 11 March 2021 (YJC)_ French Foreign Minister will begin self-isolating after coming into contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.

French foreign minister to self-isolate after COVID contact caseFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will begin self-isolating after coming into contact with a person in his family who has tested positive for COVID-19, a foreign ministry official said.

Le Drian, 73, was due to be tested on Thursday evening and would take a second test next Wednesday, a week after being in contact with the positive person.

The minister, who is also number two in the French cabinet, on Thursday hosted a meeting with his German, Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts on the Middle East process and met U.S. climate envoy John Kerry for a bilateral meeting on Wednesday evening.

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