With CIA Director Bill Burns testing positive for COVID today, the list of Biden’s close COVID contacts are piling up. Go deeper 👉
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CIA Director Bill Burns is the latest person to come down with the coronavirus after being in contact with President Biden.Although mask and other mandates are receding throughout the country, the risk of the leader of the free world contracting COVID-19 looms. Burns tested positive on Thursday, a day after meeting with Biden.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki had to skip the president's trip to Europe last week after contracting the coronavirus herself. Her replacement, deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, tested positive after landing back in the United States.that while Burns met with Biden, he wasn't considered a "close contact" because he was socially distanced and wearing an N-95 mask.
"[Burns] will continue to perform his duties as CIA director, working from home, and plans to return to the office after isolating for five days and testing negative for the virus," the statement said.
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