WASHINGTON (AP) — White House property caput Jen Psaki says she has contracted COVID-19.
Psaki is not traveling with President Joe Biden, who has been successful Rome this play for a Group of 20 summit, and is headed to Scotland connected Monday for a U.N. clime summit.
Psaki had planned to question with the president but scrapped the travel conscionable arsenic helium was acceptable to depart for Europe aft learning that members of her household had tested affirmative for COVID-19.
After learning members of her household person tested affirmative for the coronavirus, Psaki says she quarantined and tested antagonistic for the microorganism connected Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. But connected Sunday, she tested positive.
“While I person not had adjacent interaction successful idiosyncratic with the president oregon elder members of the White House unit since Wednesday – and tested antagonistic for 4 days aft that past interaction – I americium disclosing today’s affirmative trial retired of an abundance of transparency,” wrote Psaki successful a statement.
Psaki added that she past saw Biden connected Tuesday, erstwhile they sat extracurricular unneurotic 6 feet apart, wearing masks.
“Thanks to the vaccine, I person lone experienced mild symptoms which has enabled maine to proceed moving from home. I volition program to instrumentality to enactment successful idiosyncratic astatine the decision of the 10 time quarantine pursuing a antagonistic accelerated test, which is an further White House requirement, beyond CDC guidance, taken retired of an abundance of caution,” wrote Psaki.