Vice-President Kamala Harris Tests Positive For COVID-19

Kamala Harris

Despite receiving her two-dose regimen of the Moderna COVID-19, and her two booster shots, US Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19.

Gatekeepers News reports that Harris tested positive Tuesday after returning from a weeklong trip to California.

Harris tweeted Tuesday afternoon “Today I tested positive for COVID-19. I have no symptoms, and I will continue to isolate and follow CDC guidelines. I’m grateful to be both vaccinated and boosted.”

In an earlier statement, the Vice President’s Press Secretary, Kirsten Allen said Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid and PCR tests. Harris “will isolate and continue to work from the vice president’s residence,” Allen said.

She added, “She has not been a close contact to the President or First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules. She will follow CDC guidelines and the advice of her physicians. The Vice President will return to the White House when she tests negative.”

Allen noted that Harris is taking the antiviral coronavirus treatment Paxlovid, “Today, after consultation with her physicians, the Vice President was prescribed and has taken Paxlovid.”

Paxlovid is available via emergency use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in people 12 and older who are at high risk of severe illness. It requires a doctor’s prescription.

Remi Ibikunle