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Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 Wednesday, according to the State Department, making him the latest to contract the virus among attendees of last weekend’s White House Correspondents Dinner, which has the makings of being another high-profile D.C. superspreader event.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a signing ceremony at the State Department on … [+]
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ការពិតសំខាន់
Blinken is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is only experiencing mild symptoms, State Department spokesman Ned Price បាននិយាយថា: ក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយ។
President Joe Biden has not seen Blinken in “several days” and is not considered a close contact, according to the State Department and the White House.
Blinken plans to “isolate at home and maintain a virtual work schedule,” Price said.
សាវតាសំខាន់
Celebrity host Trevor Noah’s លេងសើច about the White House Correspondents Dinner being the “nation’s most distinguished superspreader event” is looking prophetic in hindsight. ទូរទស្សន៍ CNN reported Wednesday that some of its own staffers, along with employees of NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, Politico and other outlets tested positive for Covid after going to Saturday night’s dinner. According to Politico, ABC News’ Jonathan Karl was among those who tested positive. Karl sat next to Kim Kardashian at the event and shook hands with the president. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Wednesday afternoon that Biden was tested Tuesday and the result came back negative.
តង់ហ្សង់។
Blinken joins what is now a lengthy list of top officials who have tested positive for Covid in recent weeks, which includes អនុប្រធានាធិបតី Kamala Harris និង ប្រធានសភា Nancy Pelosi (ឌី-កាលីហ្វ័រញ៉ា) ។
ហេតុការណ៍គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល
The White House Correspondents Dinner went on despite another A-list D.C. occasion, the Gridiron Club dinner in early April, being a superspreader event.
អានបន្ថែម
Journalists from multiple news outlets test positive after White House Correspondents Dinner weekend (ទូរទស្សន៍ CNN)
Vice President Kamala Harris Tests Positive For Covid-19 (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)
Nancy Pelosi ធ្វើតេស្តវិជ្ជមានចំពោះ Covid (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)
ការធានារ៉ាប់រងពេញលេញនិងការធ្វើបច្ចុប្បន្នភាពផ្ទាល់លើវីរុសកូរ៉ូណាវ៉ាវី
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/05/04/antony-blinken-tests-positive-for-covid-after-attending-white-house-correspondents-dinner/