White Home press secretary Jen Psaki examined constructive for COVID-19 on Sunday (October 31) and is experiencing gentle signs, she stated in a press release.
Psaki, 42, stated she is vaccinated and final noticed President Joe Biden on Tuesday, after they sat exterior greater than 6 ft (1.8 m) aside and wore masks.
“I’m disclosing right this moment’s constructive check out of an abundance of transparency,” Psaki stated.
Psaki, the primary spokesperson for the White Home, determined to not be a part of Biden on his journey to Rome and Glasgow this week as a result of a member of her family examined constructive for the virus, after which she quarantined, she stated.
She has been in quarantine since Wednesday and repeatedly examined destructive earlier than testing constructive on Sunday, she stated.
Psaki deliberate to return to work on the finish of a 10-day quarantine interval following a destructive fast COVID check, she stated within the assertion.
Biden obtained a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine September 27.