U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tests Positive For COVID-19

A department spokesperson said Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive and will work from home under protocols recommended by the CDC.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive Tuesday for COVID-19 and is isolating at home, the agency said.

The secretary has been fully vaccinated and is experiencing only “mild congestion,” DHS said in a statement.

Mayorkas was about to leave for Colombia with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Instead,