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(CNN) --
Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Tuesday, after she returned from a weekend trip to California.
"Today, Vice President Harris has tested positive for covid-19 in the rapid and PCR tests. She has not presented any symptoms, will isolate herself and will continue working from the residence of the vice president," said Kirsten Allen, press secretary for the vice president. , it's a statement.
Allen added: "He has not been in direct contact with the President or the First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules. He will follow CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines and the advice of his doctors." ".
The vice president will return to the White House when she tests negative."
Harris was scheduled to receive her intelligence briefing at 10:15 a.m. (Miami time) Tuesday at the White House alongside President Biden, according to the daily guide sent to reporters Monday night.
Harris arrived at the White House Tuesday morning, a White House official told CNN, and went straight to get tested.
After testing positive for the PCR and rapid tests, she returned to her residence at the Naval Observatory, where she will be isolated.
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Separately, an official said Harris last saw Biden at the Easter Egg Roll on April 18.
He left Washington for California that afternoon and didn't return until Monday night.
Harris completed her two-dose schedule of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine in January 2021. She received her first booster dose toward the end of October and a second booster on April 1.
The positive result comes at a time when the United States has lifted most of its mitigation measures against covid-19, after the peak of the omicron variant during the winter.
Consistent with federal public health guidance, officials and visitors attending White House events have not been required to wear a mask or maintain physical distancing.
Coronavirus cases have fallen in Washington since their peak in early January, when the country was dealing with a surge of cases of the omicron variant, but have been on the rise of late.
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Although the White House has continued to hold mask-optional indoor mass events and officials have stopped wearing masks in public, the administration has said they are going beyond federal guidelines to detect COVID-19 cases. 19 in the building.
There is mandatory testing for those who come into contact with President Joe Biden and physical distancing during meetings, at least when possible.
The White House is not considering going back to pandemic-era restrictions, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
"We continue to apply the return to work policy and we believe we have the necessary measures in place to do so," he said.
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