Garland tested positive for COVID-19 just hours after a news conference with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials.
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Garland tested positive for COVID-19 just hours after a news conference with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days. Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday.
Garland attended an event with FBI Director Christopher Wray hours before the positive result. He was at a D.C. dinner with hundreds of VIPs on Saturday.
The announcement from the Justice Department came after Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, and Representative Katherine Clark of Massachusetts announced their own positive tests.
By Karl de Vries, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, the Justice Department said. Garland, 69, is not experiencing symptoms but asked to be tested after learning he may have been exposed to the virus, the department said.
