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Kamala Harris tests negative for COVID after staffer tests positive
An antigen test that Harris received Wednesday morning as part of regular testing and a PCR test after being notified of the staffer's case both came back negative, the White House said, quoted by Reuters.
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US Vice President Kamala Harris talks about the shooting at the supermarket in Boulder, Colorado after she swears in William Burns as director of the Central Intelligence Agency on March 23, 2021 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Ceremonial Office in Washington, DC.
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U
S Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative for COVID-19 after a staff member who staffed her "throughout the day Tuesday" received a positive test on Wednesday.
An antigen test that Harris received Wednesday morning as part of regular testing and a PCR test after being notified of the staffer's case both came back negative, the White House said, quoted by Reuters.
On Wednesday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday, after spending time five days earlier with a staffer who later tested positive.
Biden’s result was from a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test that is considered more accurate than rapid tests. He also had a negative PCR result on Monday and a negative rapid test result on Sunday.
Bloomberg reported that the unidentified aide, fully vaccinated and boosted, was in proximity to Biden for about 30 minutes aboard Air Force One on Friday, and tested negative that day. However, they began experiencing symptoms on Sunday and tested positive on Monday. White House policy is to conduct PCR
