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Attorney General Merrick Garland tests positive for COVID-19
Garland examined optimistic for COVID-19 simply hours after a information convention with the deputy lawyer normal, FBI director and different Justice Division officers.
WASHINGTON — Legal professional Normal Merrick Garland has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and can quarantine at dwelling for 5 days, the Justice Division mentioned Wednesday.
Garland is the second Cupboard official to announce a optimistic take a look at outcome on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo additionally examined optimistic for the virus utilizing an at-home antigen take a look at.
The announcement from the Justice Division comes hours after Garland held a information convention in Washington, standing side-by-side with the deputy lawyer normal, FBI director and different Justice Division officers.
The Justice Division says Garland requested to be examined “after studying that he might have been uncovered to the virus.” Officers say he’s not experiencing signs, is totally vaccinated and has acquired a booster.
The Justice Division mentioned Garland would isolate at his dwelling for no less than 5 days and work remotely. The division mentioned it will additionally conduct contact tracing according to tips from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
Raimondo’s workplace mentioned she was experiencing “delicate signs” and was sharing the information “out of an abundance of transparency.”
Final Thursday it was introduced that CIA Director William Burns had examined optimistic for COVID-19.
Burns final met with President Joe Biden the morning prior in a socially distanced assembly the place the director wore an N-95 masks. The company says Burns just isn’t thought of a detailed contact of the president by Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention requirements. The character of the assembly was not disclosed by the CIA.
Biden just isn’t recognized to have examined optimistic for the virus because the pandemic started. A number of individuals in current weeks have examined optimistic for the virus shortly after seeing the president, together with press secretary Jen Psaki, deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.
