US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday that he had been confirmed by a laboratory test to be infected with the new coronavirus and that he had mild symptoms. COVID-19, assuring that he will continue to perform his duties by teleworking for as long as he remains in quarantine in his home, for the next five days.
In a statement issued by the Pentagon, Mr. Austin explained that he had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 earlier yesterday, when its symptoms began to show. COVID-19 while he was at home for the holidays. He said he had last met with US President Joe Biden on December 21, a week or more before the symptoms began, and that he had tested negative that morning.
The US Secretary of Defense is fully vaccinated against it COVID-19· Received its third booster dose in October.