Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stated on Monday that he had examined sure for the coronavirus, the newest member of President Biden’s cupboard to be inflamed.
Mr. Buttigieg added that he was once experiencing delicate signs.
“I plan to paintings remotely whilst setting apart in step with C.D.C. pointers, and stay up for when I will be able to safely go back to the administrative center and the street,” he wrote on Twitter, relating to steering from the Facilities for Illness Keep an eye on and Prevention.
Mr. Buttigieg was once now not regarded as an in depth touch of Mr. Biden, a White Area spokesman stated on Monday. To be an in depth touch, Mr. Buttigieg must were not up to six toes clear of Mr. Biden for quarter-hour or extra in a 24-hour length, in step with the C.D.C.
The Division of Transportation stated on Monday that Mr. Buttigieg, 40, has been vaccinated and boosted.
