NYC Mayor Eric Adams Tests COVID+, Mild Symptoms

The New York Daily News reports:

Mayor Adams on Sunday went into isolation and canceled public events for the week after testing positive for COVID and showing a light symptom of the dreaded virus, his office announced.

“This morning, Mayor Adams woke up with a raspy voice and, out of an abundance of caution, took a PCR test that has now come back positive,” the mayor’s press secretary Fabien Levy said in a statement.

The mayor was among those who last week attended a prestigious Washington dinner for journalists and politicians, many of whom subsequently tested positive for COVID.

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.@NYCMayor has tested positive for COVID-19 and is taking anti-viral medications.

He will be isolating and canceling all public events for the rest of the week pic.twitter.com/wA0jR1JTZD

— Morgan McKay (@morganfmckay) April 10, 2022