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TheProle

(2,151 posts)
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 03:21 PM Oct 2021

Homeland Security secretary tests positive for Covid-19

Source: CNN

(CNN)Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is vaccinated, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, according to department spokesperson Marsha Espinosa.

"Secretary Mayorkas tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after taking a test as part of routine pre-travel protocols. Secretary Mayorkas is experiencing only mild congestion; he is fully vaccinated and will isolate and work at home per CDC protocols and medical advice. Contact tracing is underway," Espinosa said in a statement.

The secretary was scheduled to travel to Colombia along with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but he is now working from home.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/politics/homeland-security-secretary-mayorkas-covid-positive/index.html

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Homeland Security secretary tests positive for Covid-19 (Original Post) TheProle Oct 2021 OP
WTF.. cilla4progress Oct 2021 #1
Let's hope Blinken is safe. Grasswire2 Oct 2021 #2
Sec. Mayorkas is vaccinated. W be ok. onetexan Oct 2021 #3
Remember, The Vaccine Is A Protection COL Mustard Oct 2021 #4
Yes siree im well aware onetexan Oct 2021 #5

COL Mustard

(5,870 posts)
4. Remember, The Vaccine Is A Protection
Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:27 PM
Oct 2021

Not an impenetrable shield against the virus.

I hope he gets better soon.

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