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EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive for coronavirus | EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive for coronavirus |
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The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has announced that he tested positive for Covid-19, as nations across Europe scramble to contain the deadly virus. | |
Barnier’s home nation, France has been among the hardest-hit European states, with more than 9,000 confirmed cases, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Only three other European states – Italy, Spain, and Germany – have recorded more infections. | |
The coronavirus pandemic has already led to a delay in negotiations between Britain and the EU over a post-Brexit trade deal. Talks originally scheduled for this week were cancelled as a precautionary measure. | |
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