«COVID-19 has literally hit home,» Bottoms said in a tweet. «I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.»
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is reportedly in the running to become the running mate to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, said Monday she has tested positive for the coronavirus.
«COVID-19 has literally hit home,» Bottoms said in a tweet. «I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.»
Bottoms, 50, has gained national attention in recent weeks for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the nationwide protest movement against police brutality and racism, both of which have had major impacts on Atlanta.
Neither the Atlanta mayor’s office nor the Biden campaign immediately responded to CNBC’s requests for comment on Bottoms’ tweet.
Bottoms has been an outspoken critic of Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, whom she accused of rushing the process of lifting the strict social distancing measures put in place to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
