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Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris canceled her trips until next week after two campaign tests tested positive for coronavirus, the campaign announced Thursday (October 15, 2020).
The campaign statement said the decision was made “out of precaution and in line with our campaign’s commitment to taking the highest levels of precautionary measures.”
The campaign said Harris should not be quarantined as he had not been in direct contact with the two for the two days leading up to the Covid-19 disease diagnosis, referring to guidance from the US Health Agency. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
These two members flew in with the Democratic senator on October 8. According to his campaign team, Kamala Harris has conducted two tests for Covid-19, which came back negative, and explained that the senator had not been in contact with the two infected “during the 48 hours prior to his test.”
Harris tweeted: “My results were negative for two tests this week and I showed no symptoms of (Corona).”
She wrote that “both the flight crew member and the staff member wore N95 masks at all times when they were near me, and our doctors believed that we were not exposed to infections according to the guidelines of the Centers for Control and Disease Prevention “.
Late Wednesday, the team learned that Harris Communications Director Liz Allen and a flight crew member had tested positive. According to the campaign, none of them had recently had contact with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden or any of the employees.
Harris will continue his election campaign with online events.
This announcement is the latest development in a presidential campaign that has been turned upside down by the Covid-19 epidemic, two weeks after the day President Donald Trump tested positive for the virus.
Pc / shift (dpa, fb)
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