Alejandro Mayorkas speaks throughout an occasion. | Joe Raedle/Getty Pictures Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is working remotely
Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is working remotely as a result of he was in touch with a division official who later examined optimistic for Covid-19, a DHS spokesperson advised POLITICO.
“Secretary Mayorkas has a digital schedule this week after coming into shut contact with a DHS official who later examined optimistic for COVID-19,” DHS spokesperson Marsha Espinosa mentioned in a press release. “The Secretary is totally vaccinated, has no signs, and has examined adverse twice. Official DHS contact tracing is underway. These suggestions have been knowledgeable by the Workplace of the DHS Chief Medical Officer and are taken in an overabundance of warning.”
When requested what number of different DHS officers have been uncovered to the coronavirus and whether or not they have been additionally quarantining, Espinosa mentioned the division was abiding by CDC steerage however didn‘t present particulars.