Harris pauses campaign travel after aide tests positive for coronavirus

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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) will pause her travel through Sunday after her communications director tested positive for the coronavirus, the Biden campaign announced Thursday.

The state of play: The campaign said that the vice presidential nominee, who tested negative for the virus on Wednesday, was “not in close contact” with the aide, Liz Allen, under CDC guidelines. She will still pause her travel “out of an abundance of caution and in line with [the] campaign’s commitment to the highest levels of precaution,” the campaign said.

  • An administrative member of the aviation company that charters Joe Biden’s plane has also tested positive for COVID-19, though he was “not in close contact as defined by the CDC, with this individual at any time,” Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said Thursday afternoon. The individual traveled with the former VP on Monday and Tuesday to Ohio and Florida, respectively. Continue reading.