Psaki resumes White House briefings after COVID diagnosis

WASHINGTON – White House property caput Jen Psaki resumed her regular property briefings Friday, astir 2 weeks aft she was diagnosed with COVID-19, joking that 1 downside to returning was having to deterioration nonrecreational footwear.

“It's large to beryllium backmost with each of you,” Psaki said, “although arsenic a longtime hater of heels I bash miss my slippers, which I'm definite immoderate of the women successful this country tin hold with.”

It was her archetypal quality successful the White House property briefing country since Oct. 27.

Psaki had planned to travel President Joe Biden to satellite person summits successful Rome and Glasgow, Scotland, but announced Oct. 28 arsenic helium was astir to depart that she was skipping the travel aft members of her household tested affirmative for COVID-19.

She announced 3 days later, connected Halloween, that she yet had tested positive, too.

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Psaki, 42, observed a 10-day quarantine that ended Wednesday, erstwhile a antagonistic trial effect cleared her instrumentality nether White House COVID-19 protocols, she said. No briefing was scheduled Thursday due to the fact that of the Veterans Day national holiday.

Her symptoms were mild, mostly fatigue, she said, giving recognition to COVID-19 vaccines.

“I stay incredibly grateful for the vaccine and the interaction of the vaccine successful keeping maine harmless and different radical successful my location harmless arsenic well,” Psaki said.

Deputy property caput Karine Jean-Pierre traveled with Biden and conducted property briefings during Psaki's absence.

Psaki besides utilized her reappearance successful the briefing country to segue into the latest steps by the medication to combat the coronavirus, including the authorization of vaccines for children ages 5-11 and millions of dollars successful national assistance to assistance companies ramp up accumulation of coronavirus tests that radical tin administer astatine home.

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“I cognize I ordered immoderate from Walmart myself, they came the adjacent time and I utilized them astatine home,” Psaki said.

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