France’s Macron Tests Positive for COVID-19

France’s Macron Tests Positive for COVID-19
French President Emmanuel Macron talks to the media before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Dec. 16, 2020. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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PARIS—President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for coronavirus, his office said, prompting a track and trace effort across Europe following meetings between the French leader and EU heads of government in recent days.

Macron, 42, was running the country remotely after going into quarantine in the Elysee Palace, the presidency said on Dec. 17. His wife Brigitte was also self-isolating.