Secretary of State Pompeo quarantines after virus exposure
Source: Yahoo Canada
Wed., December 16, 2020, 10:21 a.m. EST
WASHINGTON The State Department said Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had come into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19 and was quarantining.
The department said Pompeo had tested negative for the virus but was being monitored by medical professionals. It said it would not identify the infected person with whom Pompeo came into contact for privacy reasons.
The announcement comes as Pompeo and the department have been criticized for hosting holiday parties amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Secretary Pompeo has been identified as having come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID," the department said. "The Secretary has been tested and is negative. In accordance with CDC guidelines, he will be in quarantine. He is being closely monitored by the Departments medical team.
Pompeo had been expected to attend President Donald Trump's Cabinet meeting later Wednesday although the appointment was not listed on his public schedule. He had also tentatively planned to meet with President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to succeed him, Antony Blinken, on Thursday. The status of that meeting was not immediately clear.
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Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)I bet all those people who didn't show up are so happy they didn't
FM123
(10,054 posts)He invited over 900 guests to his Christmas party, only 70 guests RSVP'd yes and even fewer came.....
SeattleVet
(5,478 posts)John Hudson
@John_Hudson
Pompeo was supposed to give a speech at the event but he cancelled. The State Department did not respond to questions about why he cancelled and whether it was due to his own health concerns about holding a large indoor event
6:47 PM · Dec 15, 2020
rickford66
(5,528 posts)Don't forget, he can get the magic medicine at no cost.
hot2na
(358 posts)But there is a cost for sure and it is us who will be paying to treat this scumbag.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)...before his quarantine is over.
Dammit.
dalton99a
(81,569 posts)snowybirdie
(5,233 posts)No one came to his party. We won't be seeing him in Washington again in this administration.
Marthe48
(17,015 posts)if you're a bombastic oinker
Escurumbele
(3,401 posts)And I have a feeling something will come up.
Rebl2
(13,544 posts)Investigate this idiot.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,239 posts)mahina
(17,693 posts)...
mahina
(17,693 posts)I dont wish harm on anybody because I dont want the karma but if I did, if I did, huh.