Tuesday,20 July 2021 (YJC) _ A White House official and an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have tested positive for COVID-19.
A White House official and an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an event together, a White House official confirmed.
Both individuals were fully vaccinated. COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective but a small percentage of people who are fully vaccinated can still get COVID-19 if exposed to the virus that causes it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Yesterday, a fully vaccinated White House official tested positive for COVID-19 off-campus,” the White House official said in a statement. The staffer is self-isolating according to “rigorous COVID-19 protocols,” the official added.
"The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing interviews and determined no close contacts among White House principals and staff. The individual has mild symptoms," the official continued.
Vaccinated people who have breakthrough infections are much less likely to get severely sick or die.
The White House did not disclose the event at which the staffer may have been exposed to COVID.
But Pelosi’s office confirmed that a senior aide to the speaker tested positive for COVID-19 after meeting with a group of Texas Democrats who came to Washington last week.
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