(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) US Secretary of State Blinken tested positive for the new crown
China News Agency, Washington, May 4 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The U.S. State Department issued a statement on the 4th local time, saying that Secretary of State Blinken tested positive for the new crown virus.
State Department spokesman Price said in a statement that Blinken tested positive for the new coronavirus that afternoon and is currently suffering from "mild symptoms."
Blinken has previously completed the new crown vaccine and booster vaccinations.
He will temporarily isolate at home and work remotely.
Price also said that Blinken attended several events recently, and the State Department will follow the CDC guidelines to trace close contacts.
It is reported that Blinken attended the White House Correspondents Dinner on the evening of April 30, and US President Biden also attended the dinner.
Several reporters who attended the dinner have tested positive for the new crown in recent days.
In addition, Blinken also met with the visiting foreign ministers of Mexico and Sweden on May 3 and 4 respectively.
White House press secretary Psaki said on the 4th that Biden and Blinken have not met in the past few days, so Biden is not a close contact of Blinken.
Psaki also said that Biden tested negative for the new crown on the 3rd.
Since April, a number of senior Biden administration officials and members of Congress have been infected with the new crown virus, including US Vice President Harris, Commerce Secretary Raimondo, Attorney General Garland, and House Speaker Pelosi.
According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 21:00 on the 4th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States exceeded 81.62 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 996,000.
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