French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that his health was good as he has returned to work after his collapse while jogging at the weekend, but acknowledged that he needed a rest.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy waves after speaking to the media in the courtyard at the Elysee Palace in Paris July 29, 2009 after the last weekly cabinet meeting for the summer break. President Sarkozy prepared on Wednesday to leave for a summer holiday at his wife's luxurious Riviera villa, saying he had recovered from a dizzy turn while out jogging at the weekend but needed to rest.
"I wanted to say to the French people that my health is good," Sarkozy told reporters."I want to say to the French people that my health is fine," Sarkozy told reporters in the Elysee Palace after a cabinet meeting. "I have to get some rest," he said, adding that he would inform the public if he was hospitalized. The 54 year-old president collapsed Sunday while jogging in the Chateau de Versailles outside Paris, and then was rushed to a Paris military hospital by helicopter. According to the Elysee Palace, the results of tests were all normal. Sarkozy will start a three-week summer holiday this weekend, flying south to a family villa of his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, on the Mediterranean.
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