Sen. Kamala Harris has canceled two election events in North Carolina after multiple campaign staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus.
NEW: Two members of Sen. Harris's traveling party, a non-staff flight crew member and comms director Liz Allen, tested positive for Covid-19 last night.
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 15, 2020
Update 2:44 p.m. EDT Oct. 15: Sen. Kamala Harris has tested negative for the coronavirus, the Washington Post reported.
Kamala Harris tested negative for covid-19 today, campaign says.
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) October 15, 2020
Original report: Harris events in Asheville and Charlotte were canceled after two positive coronavirus tests among campaign staff and the flight crew, the Citizen Times reported.
“A non-staff flight crew member and Liz Allen, communications director to Senator Harris (tested positive),” Jen O’Malley Dillon, a campaign manager for former Vice President Joe Biden, said in a statement. “Sen. Harris was not in close contact, as defined by the CDC, with either of these individuals during the two days prior to their positive tests; as such, there is no requirement for quarantine.”
Harris has tested negative for the coronavirus previously. She will be tested again Thursday, the Washington Post reported.
Sen. Harris wore an N-95 mask during the flight, which had two people who have since tested positive for covid.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) October 15, 2020
She has tested negative twice, most recently yesterday, and will be tested again today.
Because of the outbreak, the Harris campaign has suspended events through Sunday, according to CNN.
The release says that Senator Harris herself was not in close contact with either individual, but “out of an abundance of caution and in line with our campaign’s commitment to the highest levels of precaution" Harris's travel is canceled through Sunday.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) October 15, 2020
Check back for more on this developing story.
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