Before French President Emmanuel Macron, who tested positive for COVID-19, other political figures suffered from the disease around the world, including outgoing US President Donald Trump, who announced on October 2 that he was infected, as was his wife Melania.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced that he was infected on July 7. British Premier Boris Johnson spent a week in intensive care and two weeks convalescing in April. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei was also infected; the Italian ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi; the princes Carlos of England and Alberto II of Monaco. Former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing died on December 2 at the age of 94, due to COVID-19. (AFP)
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