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White House press secretary Jen Psak tested positive for covid and will miss President Joe Biden‘s trip to Europe this week, she announced on Tuesday.
Psaki was tested ahead of the trip. She noted President Biden tested negative for covid on Tuesday.
She had two socially-distanced meetings with Biden this week. White House staff have stopped wearing face masks in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
Psaki’s bombshell announcement came moments before she was scheduled to host her daily press briefing at the White House. Biden leaves Wednesday for a NATO meeting in Brussels followed by a trip to Poland.
White House press secretary Jen Psak tested positive for covid and will miss President Joe Biden ‘s trip to Europe this week
‘Today, in preparation for travel to Europe, I took a PCR test this morning. That test came back positive, which means I will be adhering to CDC guidance and no longer be traveling on the President’s trip to Europe,’ she wrote on Twitter.
‘I had two socially-distanced meetings with the President yesterday, and he is not considered a close contact as defined by CDC guidance. I am sharing the news of my positive test today out of an abundance of transparency. The President tested negative today via PCR test,’ she added.
‘Thanks to the vaccine, I have only experienced mild symptoms. 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 noted.
She missed President Biden’s last trip to Europe as she tested positive for COVID.
Source: Daily Mail
