Joe Biden's Spokesperson Confirmed COVID-19, Palace Ensures Jokowi And Entourage Are Healthy

Photo: BPMI Setpres

JAKARTA - The Palace responded to the news of the White House Spokesperson (spokesperson) Jen Psaki who was positive for COVID-19. The problem is that Psaki met President Joe Biden last Tuesday. Meanwhile, Biden is in the room with President Jokowi at the G20 Summit in Rome.

Kasetpres Heru Budi Hartono told VOI, Monday 1 November, that President Jokowi is in good health. Jokowi routinely wears a mask during the event.

Heru also said that Jokowi routinely conducts antigen tests. And every two days, all Indonesian delegates who take part in the event will be sampled via PCR swabs.

"The president's condition is healthy and he always wears a mask," said Heru.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday in a statement, saying she last met President Joe Biden on Tuesday last week.

Psaki, who has received his COVID-19 vaccination and is experiencing mild symptoms, said he and President Biden sat outside with a distance of about 1.8 meters between the two and wore masks when they met last Tuesday.

"I am revealing the positive test result today as transparency," Psaki said, citing Reuters on November 1.

President Biden, who attended a series of G20 summit meetings in Rome over the weekend, tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday, said a person familiar with the matter.

Psaki is the most high-profile figure in President Biden's government known to be infected with COVID-19 since he assumed the post in January.

Previously, Jen Psaki decided not to join President Biden on his trips to Rome and Glasgow, for the series of G20 Summits and the COP26 Climate Change Summit, because a member of his family tested positive for the virus and decided to undergo quarantine.

Since being quarantined on Wednesday, Psaki has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19, before testing positive on Sunday's test. However, Psaki said in a statement that he plans to return to work after ending the 10-day quarantine period, and has a negative COVID-19 rapid test result.