Reporter in Biden press pool tests positive for coronavirus

Published December 16, 2020 8:16pm ET



A reporter covering President-elect Joe Biden’s transition tested positive for COVID-19, and a staffer is in quarantine “out of an abundance of caution.”

The Biden team announced the diagnosis in a Wednesday press release and said the reporter in question, who was not named, was not in close contact with the president-elect. The transition team noted that the reporter had been following coronavirus guidelines while covering Biden.

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