House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tests positive for coronavirus

Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) examined constructive for the coronavirus on Thursday, the newest in a string of high-ranking officers in Washington to obtain the prognosis this week.

Pelosi is asymptomatic, in keeping with her spokesman, Drew Hammill.

The prognosis got here Thursday morning, someday after Pelosi appeared on the White Home with President Biden as he signed a postal reform invoice. She huddled with Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Home Majority Chief Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and practically a dozen different lawmakers behind Biden as he signed the invoice.

None of them have been masked. Pelosi had a masks in her hand.

“The Speaker is absolutely vaccinated and boosted and is grateful for the sturdy safety the vaccine has offered,” Hammill mentioned. “The Speaker will quarantine in step with CDC steerage, and encourages everybody to get vaccinated, boosted and take a look at commonly.”

Pelosi, who’s second within the presidential line of succession, is probably the most senior official within the line to announce a constructive COVID take a look at this 12 months.

On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director examined constructive, the second shut contact of the vice chairman to turn into contaminated in lower than a month. Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, examined constructive in March.

Earlier this week, Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland and Gina Raimondo, the secretary of Commerce, introduced constructive take a look at outcomes. Reps. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), Scott Peters (D-San Diego), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) did additionally.

Lots of the diagnoses got here following the officers’ attendance at Saturday evening’s Gridiron dinner, a standard white-tie gathering of reporters and politicians.