Buttigieg Quarantines As Security Agent Tests Positive

CNN reports:

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department chief of staff Laura Schiller said in a statement. Schiller’s statement says the agent has been in “close contact” with Buttigieg as recently as Monday morning.

Buttigieg tested negative Monday and has not shown any symptoms, the statement said. Buttigieg has received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and Schiller said he will receive the second dose when he completes the quarantine period.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid, DOT says.

He tested negative this morning and has no symptoms pic.twitter.com/v6DtLUcBeM

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