{"id":77844,"date":"2022-05-05T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=77844"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:55:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T12:55:10","slug":"blinken-tests-positive-for-covid-to-work-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=77844","title":{"rendered":"Blinken tests positive for Covid, to work remotely"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for Covid-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said.<\/p>\n

“The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Spokesman Ned Price said Blinken would no longer deliver a long-awaited speech on China policy scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n

“He looks forward to returning to the department and resuming his full duties and travels as soon as possible,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Blinken has not seen President Joe Biden in person for several days and Biden is not considered a close contact, the State Department and White House said.<\/p>\n

But Blinken earlier Wednesday met with Swedish Prime Minister Ann Linde at the State Department.<\/p>\n

Blinken, who had tested negative a day before, took another test as he felt symptoms after meeting Linde, the State Department said.<\/p>\n

Price said that all close contacts were being notified. Blinken also met Tuesday with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and delivered a speech at the State Department on Latin America policy.<\/p>\n

Blinken was among guests who packed into a Washington hotel on Saturday evening for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.<\/p>\n

Trevor Noah, the comedian who introduced Biden, joked about the gala dinner being a “super-spreader” event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for Covid-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said. “The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” the department said in a statement. Spokesman Ned Price said Blinken would no longer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":77845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n