Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19
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Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 via rapid and PCR tests on Tuesday, according to her office.
Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 via rapid and PCR tests on Tuesday, according to her office.
Harris, who received her second booster shot on April 1, didn't have any immediate symptoms, but her press secretary tweeted Tuesday evening that "after consultation with her physicians, the Vice President was prescribed and has taken Paxlovid."
During an earlier briefing, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID response coordinator, was asked about the therapeutic and who qualifies.
"The FDA has laid out the criteria for who should get Paxlovid. Very basically it's anybody at high risk of developing complications," he said. "The FDA points to the CDC assessment. It's a long list. Age is important. Chronic diseases. The bottom line is that -- what I am recommending to family and friends is if you get COVID, see a provider and make that assessment with your provider. A lot more people are eligible than people think."
