White House communications director tests positive for coronavirus

White House communications director tests positive for coronavirus White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said on Friday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
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April 30, 2022 09:37
White House communications director tests positive for coronavirus

White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said on Friday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.

Report informs, citing Xinhua, that Bedingfield, 40, tweeted she last saw US President Joe Biden on Wednesday "in a socially-distanced meeting while wearing an N-95 mask."

Biden is not considered a close contact as defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the White House official.

"Thanks to being fully vaccinated and boosted, I am only experiencing mild symptoms," Bedingfield wrote.

"In alignment with White House COVID-19 protocols, I will work from home and plan to return to work in person at the conclusion of a five-day isolation period and a negative test," she added.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has exceeded 81 million, with over 993,000 related deaths, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.

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