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

French First Lady Brigitte Macron visits the new Cafe Joyeux coffee shop, which employs people with Down's syndrome and other cognitive disabilities, in Paris, France, on March 9, 2020. (Yoan Valat/Pool via Reuters)

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