U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is the latest politician to test positive for COVID-19 amid a wave of cases among Washington, D.C. leaders. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive last week.
Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan, left, speaks during a panel discussion during a campaign event for Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and 2020 presidential candidate, in Clive, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 31,U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is the latest politician to test positive for COVID-19 amid a wave of cases among Washington leaders.
"I've tested positive for COVID-19," the representative from Michigan tweeted Monday. "After not feeling well over the weekend, I took an at home and PCR test. I am home quarantining and recovering."In Washington D.C., the outbreak has been particularly high profile — striking multiple Cabinet secretaries and Congress members along with Mayor Muriel Bowser and the president of Georgetown University.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for COVID-19, a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden. Pelosi, D-Calif., received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman Drew Hammill said Thursday in a tweet. He said she had tested negative earlier in the week.
The White House said Biden and Pelosi had only "brief interactions over the course of the last two days" and that the president was not considered a close contact of the speaker by CDC guidance — sustained unmasked contact within 6 feet for more than 15 minutes over a 24-hour period.
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