Xinhua News Agency, Washington, March 22 (Reporter Sun Ding) White House Press Secretary Jane Psaki said on the 22nd that she tested positive for the new crown virus that day and will miss US President Biden's trip to Europe.
This is the second time Psaki has been infected with the new coronavirus.
Psaki said in a statement that thanks to the vaccination, she has mild symptoms, will work from home in accordance with White House epidemic prevention regulations, and plans to return to work after the isolation is over and the test result is negative.
According to the statement, Biden was also tested for the new crown virus that day, and the result was negative.
Psaki met Biden twice on the 21st and maintained social distance.
Psaki first contracted the new coronavirus in late October last year, when she also had only mild symptoms.
Biden is scheduled to leave for Europe on the 23rd and will attend the NATO leaders meeting and the European Council and G7 summits in Brussels, the Belgian capital.
After that, Biden will travel to Poland to meet with Polish President Duda.
Statistics on the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of the 22nd, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown in the United States has exceeded 79.78 million, and the number of deaths has exceeded 970,000.