She tested positive on Sunday, said Psaki in a written statement in the evening (local time). Psaki is currently not accompanying US President Joe Biden on his trip to Europe and, according to his own statements, last met her boss last Tuesday, under special protective measures.
Psaki had canceled her trip with Biden to the G20 summit in Rome and to the world climate conference in Glasgow last week at short notice and initially vaguely cited a “family emergency” as the reason. In her message from Sunday, she said that the background was that “a member of her household” had tested positive for the corona virus. She then went into quarantine and had herself tested on Wednesday and Thursday as well as on Friday and Saturday. All of these tests were negative. The test on Sunday was then positive.
Psaki said she had not met any high-ranking White House officials since Wednesday. The most recent meeting with the president on Tuesday took place outside, by far and with masks. You reveal your test result in order to provide the greatest possible transparency. Given her vaccination against the coronavirus, she only feels mild symptoms and can continue to work from home. She plans to return to the White House after a ten-day quarantine and a negative test result. (SDA)