{"id":1423680,"date":"2022-04-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423680"},"modified":"2022-04-07T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T16:00:03","slug":"attorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Merrick Garland Tests Positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fattorney-general-merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-coronavirus%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=1423680&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttorney General Garland this afternoon tested positive for COVID-19 through antigen tests. He asked to be tested after learning that he may have been exposed to the virus. At the time, he is not experiencing symptoms. The Attorney General is fully vaccinated and boosted,\u201d the statement said.\u00a0\u201cIn accordance with CDC guidelines, the Attorney General will isolate at home for at least five days. He will work virtually during this period and will return to the office following a negative test for the virus. The department will conduct contact tracing in accordance with CDC protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Garland is the latest high profile official to test positive for coronavirus after attending the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday. Earlier Wednesday,\u00a0Secretary of\u00a0Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that she was infected with the virus, and Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) have tested positive as well, notes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/merrick-garland-tests-positive-for-covid-19-fdac9d14-c4be-4a2b-9389-2946b23bb5ae.html\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Garland was last in close physical contact with President Joe Biden on March 30th at the signing of the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/u-s-attorney-general-merrick-garland-covid-19\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice statement. \u201cAttorney General Garland this afternoon tested positive for COVID-19 through antigen tests. 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