{"id":1394491,"date":"2022-03-22T14:59:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394491"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:59:40","slug":"psaki-tests-positive-for-covid-again-will-miss-biden-europe-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-tests-positive-for-covid-again-will-miss-biden-europe-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Tests Positive for COVID Again, Will Miss Biden Europe Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-tests-positive-for-covid-again-will-miss-biden-europe-trip%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> press secretary Jen Psaki said she tested positive for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> Tuesday, missing her press conference and side-lining her for President Joe Biden&#8217;s upcoming travel plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Psaki said the positive test will again force her to miss a trip to Europe, this time to a series of emergency meetings with world leaders regarding the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden is scheduled to depart for Belgium and Poland Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, in preparation for travel to Europe, I took a PCR test this morning. That test came back positive, which means I will be adhering to CDC guidance and no longer be traveling on the President\u2019s trip to Europe,&#8221; Psaki said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-dropping-mask-mandate-biden-state-of-the-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE DROPS MASK MANDATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Jen-Psaki.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 4, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 4, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden, who had two socially distanced meetings with Psaki on Monday, tested negative Tuesday, according to government officials. Psaki previously tested positive in October 2021 before President Biden&#8217;s trip to Italy and Scotland, and returned to work after quarantining.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-threatened-fire-harris-staffers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WEST WING DRAMA: BOOK REVEALS WHY BIDEN ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO FIRE HARRIS STAFFERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had two socially-distanced meetings with the President yesterday, and the President is not considered a close contact as defined by CDC guidance. I am sharing the news of my positive test today out of an abundance of transparency,&#8221; the press secretary continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Joe-Biden-Business-Roundtable.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks at Business Roundtable&#039;s CEO quarterly meeting, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Joe Biden speaks at Business Roundtable&#8217;s CEO quarterly meeting, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to the vaccine, I have only experienced mild symptoms,&#8221; Psaki concluded, &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Due to her illness, Psaki did not attend the Tuesday press conference at the White House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Psaki previously tested positive for COVID-19 in October 2021, after which she continued to work remotely for the length of her quarantine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Jen-Psaki-Press-Briefing.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki, left, calls on a reporter as Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, takes questions during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      White House press secretary Jen Psaki, left, calls on a reporter as Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, takes questions during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, March 21, 2022, in Washington.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the president due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19,&#8221; Psaki said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki&#8217;s past diagnosis came less than two weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-restarting-remain-in-mexico-policy-tent-courts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Homeland Security<\/u><\/a> Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive for COVID-19 just days following an event with the president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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