EU Chief Von Der Leyen ‘Self-Isolating’ Until Tuesday
October 5, 2020
5:55 pm
The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said Monday she would self-isolate for a day after learning she had met someone infected with new coronavirus.
The former German defence minister said she had tested negative twice — once last Thursday and again on Monday — but would continue her self-isolation “as foreseen by the regulations in force.”
Von der Leyen said she was at a meeting on Tuesday last week attended by a person who tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday.
The head of the EU executive did not mention this in her announcement, but on …
