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Psaki disclosed their test results in order to provide the greatest possible transparency
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White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki contracted the coronavirus despite being vaccinated.
She tested positive on Sunday, said Psaki in a written statement that evening.
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, she now stated 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 hadn't met any senior White House officials since Wednesday.
The most recent meeting with the president on Tuesday took place outside, with a distance and 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.
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