US: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has mild coronavirus symptoms

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday that he had been confirmed by a laboratory test to be infected with the new coronavirus and that he had mild symptoms of COVID-19, assuring that he would continue to perform his duties by teleworking for the rest of his life. quarantined at his home for the next five days.

In a statement issued by the Pentagon, Mr. Austin explained that he had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 earlier yesterday, when the symptoms of COVID-19 began to appear while he was at home for the holidays. He clarified that he had last met with US President Joe Biden on December 21, a week before the symptoms appeared, and that he had been tested negative that morning.

The US Secretary of Defense is fully vaccinated against COVID-19; he received his third, boosting dose in October.

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Source From: Capital

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