French President Emmanuel Macron will cancel all his forthcoming trips, including a scheduled visit to Lebanon. The French prime minister Jean Castex will also be self-isolating after Macron’s positive test, the head of the French Senate, Gerard Larcher, said.

There will now be questions over whether other political figures will have to self-isolate as a result of Macron’s diagnosis. Macron attended a European Union summit at the end of last week, and he met Wednesday with the prime minister of Portugal. There was no immediate comment from Portuguese officials, AFP said.

Spanish PM goes into quarantine after Macron positive test:

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez - who had lunch with Macron in Paris on Monday - announced that he was suspending all official engagements and going into quarantine for a week following Macron’s diagnosis.

In a statement on Thursday morning, Sánchez’s office said he would remain in quarantine until 24 December, which will be 10 days after his meeting with Macron.

“The prime minister will undergo an immediate diagnostic test to determine his situation and will then decide, based on the results, how to manage his agenda over the coming days,” the statement added.

Ángel Gurría, the secretary-general of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) also attended Monday’s lunch, as did Charles Michel, the president of the European Council.