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President Biden’s trip to Belgium and Poland to mobilize US allies against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be cut short because White House press secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on Tuesday.
A complete professional and great colleague. Thanks to @chrismeagher46 for jumping in today with hardly any notice. (Also sorry the podium is so low) https://t.co/9IEnrm7f53
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 22, 2022
As a room of 49 sitting and mainly uncovered journalists waited for her to begin the regular White House press briefing, Psaki revealed her illness, raising new health worries for the 79-year-old president.
“Today, as part of my preparation for a trip to Europe, I underwent a PCR test. In an email statement, Psaki said, “I am following CDC guidelines and will no longer be flying on the president’s trip to Europe.”
Psaki said she visited with Biden twice on Monday, but she didn’t spend much time with him because of his elderly age, which puts him at greater risk of serious sickness or death from COVID-19.
A intimate encounter with the president, she explained, is one in which they are “socially far” from one another. As a matter of full disclosure, I’m announcing today that I have a positive pregnancy test result.
Psaki went on to say: “The president tested negative today by PCR test. Because to the vaccination, I’ve only had moderate side effects. After a five-day isolation period and a negative test, I will return to the office in person as per White House COVID-19 guidelines. “
Psaki was absent from the White House’s daily press conference. National security adviser Jake Sullivan addressed questions from reporters after a statement by one of his deputies, Chris Meagher.
A recent coronavirus test revealed that Psaki had been fully immunized yet had previously tested negative. Biden’s second and most recent trip overseas, which included trips in Italy, the Vatican, and the United Kingdom, was canceled after Psaki’s family contracted the illness.
Due to the more infectious but less fatal Omicron strain of the virus, Covid 19 cases have decreased drastically across most of the country since January’s all-time highs. Despite this, a new variation known as BA.2 has sparked worries of a new wave.
That deadly plague, which has killed over one million Americans over two years, is now again close to Biden, thanks to his press secretary’s sickness.