US President Biden’s spokeswoman infected with corona
Washington
The spokeswoman for the White House, Jen Psaki, was infected with the corona virus despite being vaccinated. She tested positive on Sunday, said Psaki in a written statement.
Psaki is currently not accompanying US President Joe Biden on his trip to Europe and, according to his own statements, last met her boss last Tuesday, under special protective measures.
Psaki had canceled her trip with Biden to the G20 summit in Rome and to the world climate conference in Glasgow last week at short notice and initially vaguely cited a “family emergency” as the reason. In her message from Sunday, she explains that the background was that “a member of her household” had tested positive for the corona virus. She then went into quarantine and had herself tested on Wednesday and Thursday as well as on Friday and Saturday. All of these tests were negative. The test on Sunday was then positive.
Psaki said she has not met any high-ranking White House staff since. The most recent meeting with the president on Tuesday took place outside, by far and with masks. They disclose their test result to provide good transparency. In view of her vaccination against the coronavirus, she only promises mild symptoms and can continue to work from home. You plane to return to the Wei House after a ten-day quarantine and a negative test result.
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