Washington Examiner: White House comms director tests positive for COVID-19 day before correspondents' dinner.
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield announced Friday morning that she has tested positive for COVID-19.
Bedingfield's test occurred just one day before the White House Correspondents' Dinner and comes as the administration is grappling with an extended wave of infections, even as President Joe Biden himself seeks to turn the page on the pandemic.
Bedingfield is fully vaccinated and boosted but reported to be suffering mild symptoms. She is not considered a close contact of the president.
"I last saw the President Wednesday in a socially-distanced meeting while wearing an N-95 mask, and he is not considered a close contact as defined by the CDC," she wrote in her statement. "In alignment with White House COVID-19 protocols, I will work from home and plan to return to work in person at the conclusion of a five-day isolation period and a negative test."
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