China News Service, April 1. According to the Associated Press, the CIA issued a statement on March 31, local time, saying that CIA Director William Burns (William Burns) tested the results of the routine new crown virus test that day. positive.

FILE PHOTO: CIA Director William Burns.

  According to reports, the statement said that Burns has been fully vaccinated against the new crown and received a booster shot and is currently experiencing mild symptoms.

He will continue to work from home and plans to return to the office in five days if he tests negative for Covid-19.

  The report said that Burns had met U.S. President Biden on the morning of the 30th, and the two sides maintained social distance. Burns was wearing a mask at the time.

The CIA said Burns was not considered a close contact of Biden under the standards of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  The report also mentioned that in recent weeks, White House Press Secretary Psaki, Deputy Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre, Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin and others have all attended the meeting with Biden in the days before the new crown tested positive. past activities.

  Recently, the new crown epidemic in the United States has continued to spread. According to the latest statistics on the new crown epidemic released by Johns Hopkins University on the 29th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 80 million.

  According to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 29th local time, the BA.2 subtype strain of the new coronavirus has become the main epidemic strain in the United States.

As of the week on the 26th local time, BA.2 infections accounted for about 54.9% of the total number of new confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States.