PROVIDENCE — The news that President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 has not sounded any alarm among Massachusetts citizens and Rhode Islanders, adding Gov. Dan McKee, who stumbled upon him on his landing in southern New England on Wednesday.
McKee’s spokesman, Matt Sheaff, told the Journal that the governor did not take any special precautions, but followed directives from the state Department of Health.
“Since the governor is fully vaccinated and doubly vaccinated, he doesn’t need to be quarantined,” Sheaff said. “However, it will continue to monitor the symptoms. The governor did a PCR test before meeting with the president and it’s negative. “
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Sheaff said McKee had never been tested for COVID.
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse greeted the president upon his arrival at T. F. Green Airport and then followed him to Somerset, Massachusetts, where Biden delivered a speech.
When asked if Whitehouse would now take any special precautions, his workplace sent a link to a tweet on June 30, in which Whitehouse said, “I tested positive for covid this morning after experiencing some mild symptoms. I feel smart and I am grateful that it will be absolutely vaccinated and reinforced. I’ll be running from home for the week of holiday and I’m already looking for the Fourth of July parade in Bristol next year. “
Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi said swapping a few minutes with Biden on the court Wednesday was a “great honor” and “something special because of the history of the office. “
What was your reaction when you learned Biden had COVID this morning?
“I said, oh boy,” he told the Journal in a phone call, and he took an immediate COVID test, which came back negative.
“I don’t feel any symptoms,” he said, adding that he also had a check wednesday morning before meeting with the president. of the United States. “
Picozzi, who had COVID last December, said he was not quarantined due to brief outdoor contact with the president, but was tracking any symptoms.
As for what Biden, Picozzi, McKee and Whitehouse talked about at the podium wednesday, Picozzi said he started with what to wear on official outdoor affairs when the mercury hit the mid-90s.
Biden and Picozzi were dressed in ties. McKee and Whitehouse did.
“We make fun of the governor for having a tie,” Picozzi said.
They also joked that they came here from small states (Biden is from Delaware) and that if the president had used the larger 747th edition of Air Force One, they could fly right next to Rhode Island.
Congressman Jake Auchincloss issued a statement saying he had tested negative before his vacation with the president yesterday, as protocol did, and tested negative this morning.
You have no symptoms, but will continue regularly.
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Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. , will be tested for the virus Thursday morning, to a spokesman for his office.
Markey is tested and will remain masked and socially remote in accordance with public fitness guidelines. Markey has a double vaccine and double booster, according to his office.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is following the CDC’s recommendation as a close touch and will mask herself, according to her office. He tested negative for COVID-19 as part of White House protocols.
According to the CDC, it’s that close contacts check for COVID-19 after five days.
CDC protocols differ depending on whether you are vaccinated and reinforced, and if you have symptoms. Here are the tips from the CDC website:
If you have been on COVID-19 and are up to date on your COVID-19 vaccinations:
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If you have been on COVID-19 and are NOT up to date on your COVID-19 vaccinations:
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This story is updated as new data is received.
Rebecca Morin of USA Today and Caitlyn Kelleher of USA Today Network contributed to this article.