U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley has tested positive for Covid-19. A spokesman for the general said he began experiencing symptoms on Sunday.
Newsmax reports:
Milley’s most recent contact with President Joe Biden was on Jan. 12 at the funeral of retired General Raymond Odierno, the spokesman said. Milley had tested negative several days prior to and each day following contact with Biden, until yesterday, the spokesman added.
All other Joint Chiefs of Staff except for one tested negative for COVID-19 yesterday, the spokesman said, without saying who else had tested positive. Milley is vaccinated and has received his booster, the spokesman added.
The U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. He tested negative on Jan. 9 and exited isolation to return to work at the Pentagon.