Macron says he's doing fine after catching Covid-19, working at slower pace

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday he was doing fine a day after testing positive for Covid-19, but was working at a slower pace while he convalesced, Reuters reports.

Macron said he would stay focused on France’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit, as negotiations governing 1 trillion euros in trade between Britain and the European Union run down to the wire.

“I am working at a slightly slower pace because of the virus, but I shall continue to focus on high-priority issues, such as our handling of the epidemic, or, for example, the Brexit dossier,” Macron said in a live video on Twitter.

“I wanted to reassure you — I am doing fine. I have the same symptoms as yesterday, notably fatigue, headaches, a dry cough, like hundreds of thousands of you who have had to live with the virus or who live with it today.”

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