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The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tested positive for COVID-19, the agency announced on Oct. 22.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, tested positive on Friday night, according to the CDC.
Walensky, 53, was said to be experiencing “mild symptoms.”
Walensky did not respond to a request for comment. She is isolating at her home and will work remotely, the CDC said.
Senior staffers and close contacts have been informed of the positive test and “are taking appropriate action to monitor their health,” the agency added.
Walensky is described as “up to date” on her vaccines, which refers to the agency’s recommendation that Americans get one or more boosters after a primary series, depending on when a person receives their initial shots.
Walensky received the new bivalent booster from Moderna in Massachusetts in September, telling ABC News at the time, “I think it’s critically important to do.”
“All the data from this new bivalent vaccine have demonstrated that it will protect you against—more likely protect you—against the strains that we have circulating right now, those Omicron BA.
