US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin has contracted Covid-19, the Pentagon announced Sunday, January 2, adding that he was suffering from "
mild
"
symptoms
and would remain in quarantine at home for the next five days.
In a press release issued by his ministry, Lloyd Austin specifies that he is fully vaccinated, including with a third booster dose, "
which means that the infection is much lighter than it would have been otherwise,
" writes- he. “
Vaccines work and will remain a military medical requirement for our personnel
,” added the Pentagon chief.
I continue to encourage everyone who is eligible for a booster dose to do so
”.
Lloyd Austin, who will continue "
as far as possible
" to attend working meetings virtually, said his last contact with President Joe Biden was on December 21, more than a week before he began to feel pain. symptoms, and that he had tested negative that morning.
The United States is currently going through a strong wave of Covid-19 contamination, with an average of almost 400,000 new cases per day.
Several prominent members of Congress have recently announced that they have been infected.
Joe Biden's spokesperson Jen Psaki tested positive in late October.
