White House communications director Kate Bedingfield tested positive for COVID today. While she met with Biden Wednesday, she said the meeting was socially distanced and that she was wearing an N-95 mask.
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield announced that she tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.
"I last saw the President Wednesday in a socially-distanced meeting while wearing an N-95 mask, and he is not considered a close contact as defined by the CDC," Bedingfield said in aBedingfield said she's experiencing "mild symptoms" and will be working from home. She plans to return to work in person "at the conclusion of a five-day isolation period and a negative test.
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