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White House deputy press secretary has COVID, Biden not close contact -Breaking

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO The White House Principal Deputy press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hosts a briefing for the media at the White House, Washington, U.S.A, 02/14/2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

(Reuters) -White House Deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was traveling with U.S. President Joe Biden on a European trip. She test positive for COVID-19, but she isn’t considered to have had close contact.

In a White House statement, she stated: “I saw President last yesterday in a socially distant meeting. The President isn’t considered a close touch as defined by CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidance.”

The system did not indicate when Biden had taken his last negative test.

Jen Psaki, press secretary, tested positive last week for coronavirus.

Jean-Pierre stated that she had been vaccinated and only experienced mild symptoms. She would, in accordance with White House protocol, return to work after five days of isolation and a negative blood test.

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