The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, tested positive for Covid-19 on April 26, 2022 but is not considered to have been in contact “narrow” with President Joe Biden, announced his spokesperson, reports AFP. The 57-year-old politician”has no symptoms, she will self-isolate and continue to work from her residence“, Kirsten Allen said in a statement. “She hasn’t been in close contact with the President or First Lady due to their recent travel schedules” and she will “return to the White House when she tests negative.“, she added.
Joe Biden spoke with Kamala Harris this Tuesday by telephone in order to “check in with her and make sure she has everything she will need during her quarantine at home“, According to a statement from the White House. The 79-year-old Democratic president has tested negative for Covid-19, his spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. President Biden, who received his second booster dose of the anti-Covid vaccine at the end of March, has regularly been considered not to be “contact case“as defined by US health authorities.”It is protected against the most serious forms of the virus“, had underlined at the beginning of April Kate Bedingfield, director of communications of the White House.
In November 2021, Joe Biden had raised concerns by transferring his powers to his vice-president. The US President had to undergo a colonoscopy”routine“, an exam under general anesthesia. The husband of Jill Biden, who does not smoke or drink, is the oldest president in the history of the United States and has made it known publicly that he intends to run for his own succession in 2024, but his age is fueling speculation he may quit.
Several members of the Biden administration, such as the Minister of Justice and the President’s spokesperson Jen Psaki, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, have tested positive in recent weeks. Kamala Harris’s husband, the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff fell ill in March. The United States is now again seeing an increase in the number of daily cases of Covid-19, linked to the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.