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White House press secretary claims to have contracted COVID

{O/C} After the U.S. State Department spokesman had a bout of COVID, another person working for the White House is claiming to have contracted COVID.

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She is White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who on Sunday claimed to have contracted COVID-19 and is reportedly exhibiting mild symptoms.


Psaki said she was last in contact with the President, who is on a trip abroad, on Tuesday. The President, meanwhile, has been tested frequently. He last tested negative on Saturday.


Psaki didn't accompany Biden on his trip abroad as scheduled after learning that members of her household had tested positive for COVID.


White House staff and others travelling with the president have been undergoing daily tests fo COVID-19 since prior to their departure for Europe.


The infected press secretary said in a statement she would return to work in person after a 10-day quarantine and a negative rapid test.

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