By Associated PressPARIS: The prime minister of France, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, is being singled out on social media and beyond as an example of what not to do in the pandemic. Multiple videos are being circulated of a maskless Prime Minister Jean Castex vigorously shaking hands with elected officials in an enclosed space at a Paris mayoral congress on Nov. 16. Gabriel Attal, the French government’s spokesman, had leaped to Castex’s defense when the video first began circulating. But Castex's positive test is a potential embarrassment for the French government and for President Emmanuel Macron ahead of April’s presidential election. But for the moment French media are concentrating their ire on Castex, pointing out this is the fourth time that Castex has been a “contact case" for the virus, though he has never previously tested positive.

Source: Indian Express November 23, 2021 20:19 UTC