Breaking News: Kamala Harris Has COVID-19

April 26, 2022 – Vice President Kamala Harris examined optimistic for COVID-19 on Tuesday, based on a press release launched by her press secretary.

Harris has no signs and can proceed working from her house.

President Joe Biden and first woman Jill Biden haven’t been in shut contact with Harris resulting from their touring schedules, the assertion stated.

Eric Topol, MD, editor-in-chief of WebMD sister web site Medscape and govt vp of Scripps Research, stated that though Harris and different high authorities officers like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have had comparatively delicate experiences with COVID-19, the virus remains to be very harmful to many.

“Because everybody is doing so well, the wrong impression has been given that this is mild – Omicron and its various lineages is mild. It’s not mild if you haven’t been vaccinated and boosted,” he says. 

The vp is following CDC tips on COVID-19, along with steering from her docs.

Harris is the most recent high authorities official to check optimistic for COVID-19. Others embody Pelosi, who examined optimistic on April 7, a day after attending a bill-signing occasion with Joe Biden on the White House. She had examined damaging earlier than the occasion, CNN reported.

Others, who examined optimistic after a dinner for journalists in Washington that very same week embody Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; Attorney General Merrick Garland; Jill Biden’s press secretary, Michael LaRosa; Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas; Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California; Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine; and the president’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, based on CNN.