CIA Director Invoice Burns testifies subsequent to Director of Nationwide Intelligence Avril Haines throughout a Area (Make a selection) Intelligence Committee listening to on range within the intelligence group, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2021.
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WASHINGTON – CIA Director William Burns examined certain for Covid-19 on Thursday, the intelligence company mentioned.
Burns, who’s totally vaccinated and boosted towards Covid-19, final met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning throughout a “socially distanced assembly and used to be dressed in an N-95 masks.”
“Their interplay isn’t thought to be shut touch as outlined by way of CDC steering, and Director Burns is sharing the scoop of his certain check out of an abundance of transparency,” the intelligence company wrote in a remark.
Burns will proceed to accomplish his tasks as CIA director however will do business from home. He’ll go back to the place of business following a damaging check and after separating for 5 days. The company mentioned that Burns has skilled gentle signs.
Burns’ certain check follows two different virus instances inside of Biden’s orbit.
On Sunday, White Area deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned she examined certain for Covid-19. Her certain check outcome got here a number of days after White Area press secretary Jen Psaki examined certain for the virus, which avoided her from touring with Biden to Belgium and Poland.
Psaki mentioned on the time that Biden used to be now not thought to be an in depth touch following two socially distanced conferences.
Previous this month, 2d gentleman Doug Emhoff examined certain for Covid-19. Following the certain check outcome, the White Area mentioned that Vice President Kamala Harris would skip a scheduled match “out of an abundance of warning.”
Biden, 79, won his fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday.