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23 Nov 2021

French PM Jean Castex tests COVID-19 positive as coronavirus cases surge

One of Castex's daughters tested positive Monday after her father returned from a meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo in Brussels, and Castex himself then took two tests that were both positive, his office said.

19 Mar 2021

Amid third COVID-19 wave, France announces month-long lockdown from today

Amid the third COVID-19 wave, France has announced a month-long lockdown from today The announcement was made by French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday

17 Mar 2021

France has entered third COVID-19 wave, warns PM Jean Castex

France has entered third COVID-19 wave, French PM Jean Castex has warned Castex’s statement comes on the one-year mark since France announced the first coronavirus lockdown on March 16, 2020

11 Aug 2020

Coronavirus spread may get harder to control, says French PM Jean Castex

The public was becoming careless, Jean Castex warned, speaking shortly before health authorities said new daily infections were up by 1,397 in 24 hours. France has so far seen a total of 204,172 coronavirus cases. A health ministry statement also reported 15 new deaths in the hospital due to the disease, compared to an increase of 16 over a three-day period between Monday and Saturday, with the total death toll standing at 30,354.

Emmanuel Macron

03 Jul 2020

French President names Jean Castex as new PM to reinvent presidency

French President Emmanuel Macron named Jean Castex, a top civil servant and a local mayor who orchestrated France`s coronavirus lockdown exit strategy, as his new prime minister on Friday as he acted to reinvent his administration and win back voters. Castex, 55, hails from the centre-right of French politics and served for two years as the second-highest-ranking official in the Elysee Palace during Nicolas Sarkozy`s presidency.

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