Macron cancels Mali trip due to new wave of Covid

SANAA, Dec. 18 (YPA) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron Friday cancelled a trip to Mali to meet transitional leader Colonel Assimi Goita after the European country announced new measures to battle coronavirus.

Macron’s office said Friday that he had cancelled a visit to Mali on December 20 and 21 to visit French troops.

“This decision was taken in order for there to be coherence between national measures and the president’s international agenda, and in order not to expose troops,” Macron’s office said.

With France in the grip of its fifth COVID-19 wave, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced a new push on Friday to get people vaccinated and said people would have to show proof of vaccination to enter some venues.

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