CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tested positive for COVID-19, according to an agency news release.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the U. S. , he was tested for COVID-19, the firm said Saturday in a press release.
Walensky, who is up to date on vaccinations, has symptoms.
“In accordance with CDC guidelines, she will self-isolate at home and participate virtually in her scheduled meetings,” the firm said. Senior managers and close contacts have been informed of your positive check and are tracking your health.
Walensky, who took over the company in January 2021 after being appointed by President Joe Biden, is the Los Angeles health official who tested positive for COVID-19 this year. Anthony Fauci, the face of the US reactionThe U. S. Secretary of Health is in the U. S. to the pandemic, and the U. S. Secretary of Health is in the U. S. U. S. Secretary of State Xavier Becerra tested positive in June.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee titled Stopping the Spread of Monkeypox: Examining the Federal Response, at the Hart Building on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, U. S. health officials are working on the agenda. U. S. officials have encouraged Americans to update updates from Pfizer and Moderna to encourage coverage against common peak omicron strains ahead of an expected winter surge.
A booster dose of the vaccine made by Novavax was also approved through the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration earlier this week.
More than 90% of the U. S. adult population is in the U. S. The U. S. government has already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the CDC. But a portion of this population also received a booster dose.
Health officials in the EE. UU. se are preparing for a projected winter surge of COVID-19 as cases in Europe.
Doctors are also reminding Americans not to get a flu shot this fall.
After the flu reached the traditionally low levels of the COVID-19 pandemic, it could be about to return. The main clue: A bad flu season has just ended in Australia.
This story reported from Detroit. The Associated Press contributed.