Second gentleman Emhoff tests positive for COVID — White House

The US second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, has tested positive for Covid-19, but his wife Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative, the White House says.

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff kiss during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, to light the menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Harris’ deputy press secretary, Sabrina Singh, says that the “vice president tested negative for COVID-19 and will continue to test.”

President Joe Biden tells the audience at White House event celebrating Women’s History Month that Emhoff “is fine.”

He says Harris chose not to attend “out of an abundance of caution.”

 

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