Biden was in close contact with White House official who tested positive for COVID
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President Biden, Vice President Harris and their spouses were in close contact with a White House official who soon afterward tested positive for COVID-19, White House press secretary Jen Psaki disclosed in a statement Monday.
Mr. Biden was tested on Sunday with an antigen test and was negative. After he was informed of the staff member's positive test, the president took a PCR test and again tested negative. He'll take his next test on Wednesday. The CDC's guidance doesn't demand fully vaccinated individuals to quarantine after they're exposed to COVID-19, so, the president will continue with his daily schedule, Psaki said.
She described the official as a "mid-level staff member" who doesn't regularly have contact with Mr. Biden. The official received a positive COVD-19 test on Monday morning, three days after spending about 30 minutes in Mr. Biden's proximity on Air Force One en route Philadelphia from South Carolina.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.