Blinken tests positive for COVID, latest
Biden Cabinet official to contract virus
Posted By: NorthernDog, 5/4/2022 6:54:13 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, becoming the latest Biden administration Cabinet official to contract the virus. "Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms. He tested negative on Tuesday and again as recently as this morning," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. "The Secretary has not seen President Biden in person for several days, and the President is not considered a close contact according to guidelines by
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Pretty much every Dem has gotten COVID lately but Old Joe supposedly is COVID-free.