US Vice President tests positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is asymptomatic and not considered a current close contact of President Joe Biden, the White House said.
“Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid and PCR tests. She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the vice president’s residence,” said Harris’ press secretary, Kirsten Allen.
“She has not been a close contact to the president or first lady due to their respective recent travel schedules,” Allen said, adding that Harris would “return to the White House when she tests negative.”
Harris, 57, is the latest in a rash of cases sweeping through the Washington elite.
Her husband, Doug Emhoff, came down with COVID in March, although Harris herself remained negative.