US National Security Advisor tests positive for COVID-19

KATHMANDU: On Saturday, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tested positive for COVID-19.

He is the most recent member of the Biden administration to be infected with COVID-19.

According to Adrienne Watson, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, Sullivan, 45, is “asymptomatic” and has not been in close contact with US President Joe Biden.

According to the most recent Johns Hopkins University data, the United States has reported nearly 86 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million related deaths.