Mayor Garcetti to return to L.A. Sunday following positive COVID test

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FILE - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at the 4th annual Women's March LA: Women Rising on Jan. 18, 2020 in Los Angeles. Photo credit Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is isolating in Glasgow,
Scotland, after testing positive for COVID-19, is scheduled to return to Los
Angeles on Sunday, his office said Wednesday.

Garcetti, who is fully vaccinated, received a positive result from a COVID-19 PCR test on Nov. 3 while he was in Scotland for the United Nations
Climate Change Conference. He developed mild symptoms the following day, and his office said Wednesday that he's getting better each day.

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In accordance with the UN's guidelines for the conference, Garcetti
conducted self-administered nasal swab tests frequently throughout the trip,
which began on Nov. 1, and tested negative, including receiving negative
results twice on Nov. 3.

On Nov. 2, the mayor and his staff took PCR tests to
get back into the United States, and Garcetti's positive test result was
received on Nov. 3.

The city charter assigns the City Council president, currently Nury Martinez, to serve as acting mayor when the mayor is out of California.

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