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The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive on Wednesday for Covid-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said.
The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms, the department said in a statement.
Blinken has not seen President Joe Biden in person for several days and Biden is not considered a close contact, it said.
Spokesman Ned Price said that Blinken would no longer deliver a long-awaited speech on China policy scheduled for Thursday.
Blinken was among guests who packed into a Washington hotel on Saturday evening for the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.