WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid on Tuesday, her office said.
Harris has exhibited no symptoms and will isolate while she continues to work from her residence, said her spokeswoman Kirsten Allen. She will return to the White House once she has received a negative test, Allen said.
Harris, who has received a Covid vaccination, has not been in close contact with President Joe Biden or first lady Jill Biden since last Monday during the White House Easter Egg Roll event.
Multiple aides to the vice president say she tested positive for Covid shortly before she was due to join President Joe Biden for the intelligence review session of the President’s Daily Brief.
Harris came to the White House where she tested using both rapid antigen and PCR methods and left before the meeting and without seeing Biden, according to aides.
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Harris was last with the president and first lady on Monday April 18 for the Easter Egg Roll. Harris traveled to California for several days and returned to Washington Monday evening.
She is the highest-ranking official in the Biden administration to test positive for the virus after a string of infections over the past several weeks. A new omicron subvariant has led to an uptick in cases in certain parts of the country.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack were among the dozens of attendees of the annual Gridiron Dinner who tested positive for Covid earlier this month. Second gentleman Doug Emhoff had Covid in March.
Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore, also tested positive Tuesday. With Democrats holding a razor-thin margin in the Senate and Harris holding the tie-breaking vote, any nominees Democrats had planned to vote on this week could be in jeopardy.
Harris was in California last week, leaving Washington following the Easter egg roll last Monday. She had limited public events during the California visit, which included a fundraiser, and returned to Washington Monday night.
Harris received her second Covid booster shot April 1 and her first booster shot in October.
Frank Thorp V contributed.