Trudeau tested positive for the virus four days after meeting Biden during the Summit of the Americas last week. The two leaders embraced during a greeting ceremony at the opening of the Los Angeles summit and held an almost hourlong bilateral meeting the next day.
Biden’s press secretary maintained the President had not been a “close contact,” which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as someone who was less than 6 feet away from an infected person “for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.”
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“If he were a close contact as defined by the CDC, we would update his testing cadence accordingly and share that with you transparently,” Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday. “His testing cadence has not changed.”
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Jean-Pierre would not supply a date when the President was last tested for the Coronavirus, citing a “regular weekly cadence.”
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Biden is tested once a week and more often if he travels, she said. “I just don't have a day in front of you when he was last tested.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and California Rep. Maxine Waters also tested positive for COVID-19 days after attending the summit, with Becerra testing positive for the second time this month. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious disease expert and a White House COVID-19 adviser, tested positive on Wednesday.
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Becerra, who is fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19, tested positive after taking an antigen test and is suffering from mild symptoms. He will continue to work while in isolation, spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim announced Monday.
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“Secretary Becerra has not been considered a close contact of President Biden or Vice President Harris, as defined by the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention],” Lovenheim said. “The secretary remains engaged with the duties of his office from isolation and is eager to return to in-person meetings as quickly as possible.”
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Becerra also tested positive for COVID-19 on May 18, less than a week after he met with President Joe Biden. The president was not considered a close contact at that time either.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Trudeau met with Biden four days ago at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California.