Fears Over Nancy Pelosi As She tests Positive For Covid-19

<h4>Fears Over Nancy Pelosi As She tests Positive For Covid-19<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> gathers that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for Covid-19&comma; a spokesman for the California Democrat said Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This has caused huge fears within her family circle considering her age&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;After testing negative this week&comma; Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Pelosi&&num;8217&semi;s deputy chief of staff <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;edition&period;cnn&period;com&sol;">Drew Hammill<&sol;a> tweeted&period; &&num;8220&semi;The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted&comma; and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pelosi&comma; the top House Democrat&comma; is 82 years old&period; As speaker of the House&comma; Pelosi is second in the line of presidential succession behind the vice president&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hammill announced Pelosi&&num;8217&semi;s positive test result just before Pelosi was scheduled to have her weekly news conference with reporters&comma; which was canceled&period; He also said a planned congressional delegation to Asia&comma; to be led by Pelosi over the two-week congressional break&comma; &&num;8220&semi;will be postponed to a later date&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hammill said Pelosi is currently asymptomatic&period; He added that Pelosi tested negative earlier this week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pelosi was at the White House on Wednesday&comma; seen next to President Joe Biden&comma; as he signed into law a sweeping bill that overhauls the US Postal Service&&num;8217&semi;s finances and allows the agency to modernize its service&period; The House physician told CNN that attendees Wednesday had to have had a negative test within 24 hours of the postal event&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The White House said Biden was not considered a close contact of Pelosi&period; The White House also said the President tested negative Wednesday night as part of regularly scheduled testing and that Biden will continue to be tested regularly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reps&period; Katherine Clark of Massachusetts&comma; who also serves as assistant House Democratic leader&comma; Joaquin Castro of Texas&comma; Gregory Meeks of New York&comma; Adam Schiff of California&comma; Derek Kilmer of Washington&comma; Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida&comma; and Scott Peters of California all announced their positive test results this week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Covid is also affecting officials in Washington beyond the legislative branch&period; Two members of Biden&&num;8217&semi;s Cabinet tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday&period; Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced their positive diagnoses after having attended the elite Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday&period; Other attendees&comma; including Vice President Kamala Harris&&num;8217&semi; communication director&comma; Jamal Simmons&comma; and the President&&num;8217&semi;s sister&comma; Valerie Biden Owens&comma; have also announced positive tests&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The string of positive cases has turned attention in Washington to the Gridiron dinner&comma; an event that brings together some of the city&&num;8217&semi;s most prominent journalists&comma; including from CNN&comma; and the government officials they cover&period; Attendees had their vaccination status checked&comma; but negative Covid-19 tests were not required to enter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is not the first time it has been reported that someone in close proximity to Pelosi has tested positive for Covid&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Last month&comma; Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin&comma; known as the Taoiseach&comma; tested positive for Covid while attending a gala in Washington&comma; DC&period; Pelosi was seen seated next to Martin at the gala in a photo from the event&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Source&colon; CNN<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;