NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, she announced, adding that she hasn't been in the presence of President Biden since Tuesday.
Psaki, 42, said she is vaccinated.
"On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the president due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19," Psaki said in a statement.
"Since then, I have quarantined and tested negative (via PCR) for COVID on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday," she added. "However, today, I tested positive for COVID."
Psaki further explained, "While I have not had close contact in person with the president or senior members of the White House staff since Wednesday — and tested negative for four days after that last contact — I am disclosing today’s positive test out of an abundance of transparency."
"I last saw the President on Tuesday," she said, "when we sat outside more than six-feet apart, and wore masks."
By not accompanying Biden overseas, she's missed the Group of 20 summit in Rome, and will miss Monday's U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
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