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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negative

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris , has tested negative and remains asymptomatic.
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FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff arrive in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 11, 2023, in Washington. Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, July 7, 2024, but Harris, has tested negative and remains asymptomatic. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President , has tested negative and remains asymptomatic.

Emhoff spokesperson Liza Acevedo said in a statement that the second gentleman 鈥渋s fully vaccinated and three times boosted鈥 and that he is 鈥渃urrently asymptomatic, continuing to work remotely, and remaining away from others at home.鈥

Acevedo said Harris was tested for COVID on Saturday 鈥渙ut of an abundance of caution鈥 and the result was negative. She is scheduled to campaign in Las Vegas for President 's reelection on Tuesday.

Emhoff previously tested positive for COVID in March of 2022, and Harris tested positive for the virus the following month.

Biden tested , then tested positive again slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation 鈥 in a rare case of 鈥渞ebound鈥 following treatment with an anti-viral drug.

The Associated Press