Sen. Coons announces positive Covid test as Washington confronts omicron surge.
Separately, seven members of the traveling and advance staff who accompanied Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks on a domestic trip last week tested positive for Covid, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement.
The group visited Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan, Northern Command and Space Command in Colorado, Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, Naval Base Coronado in California, and Strategic Command in Nebraska, according to aThe first positive test from the trip came back on Monday of this week. Hicks and members of her immediate personal staff have tested negative, Kirby said.
A string of lawmakers have announced that they too have tested positive for Covid in recent days. They include House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Anthony Delgado, D-N.Y., who announced their positive tests Wednesday. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., as well as Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo.
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