⁍ European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen said she was leaving the European Union summit in Brussels.
⁍ She said she had been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 and would go into quarantine.
⁍ She said on Twitter that she had tested negative for the virus herself.
– The head of the European Commission is leaving a summit in Brussels after a member of her staff tested positive for Ebola, Reuters reports. “I have just been informed that a member of my front office has tested positive to COVID-19 this morning,” Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen tweeted. “I myself have tested negative. However as a precaution I am immediately leaving the European Council to go into self-isolation.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-summit-vonderleyen/european-commission-chief-leaves-eu-summit-after-covid-19-contact-idUSKBN27023S