Category: High-profile cases

Joint Chiefs Chairman and Marine Corps Chief Have COVID-19

WASHINGTON—Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing very minor symptoms, a spokesperson said Monday. The Marine Corps said its commandant, Gen. David Berger, also has COVID-19. Milley, who has received the vaccine and a booster shot, tested positive on Sunday, Joint Chiefs spokesperson Col. Dave Butler…


Israeli Finance Minister Tests Positive for Coronavirus

JERUSALEM—Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Saturday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would self-isolate but continue working from home. “I feel good and will isolate in the next few days,” Lieberman said on Twitter. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tested positive on Monday. On Jan. 10, Lieberman posted a photo of himself…


Sweden’s Prime Minister Andersson Tests Positive for COVID-19

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for COVID-19, her office confirmed on Friday. The Swedish leader had taken part in a debate in Parliament with other party leaders earlier this week and at least two other top politicians have also tested positive since. According to her office speaking to Swedish media Andersson is…


French Health Minister Tests Positive for COVID-19

France’s Health Minister Olivier Veran on Thursday said he had tested positive for COVID-19. “Consequently I will be isolating and continue to fulfill my functions remotely,” he said in a tweet. France, one of Europe’s most-vaccinated countries, reported this week a daily record of more than 368,000 new COVID-19 cases. The seven-day average of new…


West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice ‘Extremely Unwell’ After Getting COVID-19

West Virginia’s governor will not deliver a State of the State address after contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, announced late Tuesday that he tested positive for the disease despite receiving a vaccine and a booster shot. Justice got tested using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)…


Mexican President Tests Positive for COVID-19 for Second Time

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced on Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. In a statement, he said that he has mild symptoms. He said he will “remain in isolation and will only do office work and communicate virtually” pending recovery. “Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto…


Australia’s Djokovic Postscript: How to Excel at Incompetence

The curtain has finally fallen on the Djokovic charade. On Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, the Federal Circuit Court in Melbourne, Australia, decided that the revocation of Novak Djokovic’s visa by authorities was “unreasonable.” The judge found in the tennis star’s favour after finding that Djokovic was promised at 5:20 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022,…


US Defense Secretary Tests Negative a Week After Contracting COVID-19

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tested negative on Sunday for COVID-19 a week after contracting the illness and plans to return to the Pentagon for work on Monday, the Pentagon said. “Secretary Austin is grateful for (the) efficacy of the vaccines he was administered. He knows that they rendered much less severe the effects of…


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tests Positive for COVID-19

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has tested positive for COVID-19, her office has said in a statement on Sunday night. “She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home,” it said briefly of the breakthrough case, while encouraging “everyone” to get a booster and follow guidance on minimising spread and infection risk from the Centers for Disease…


Austrian Chancellor Nehammer Tests Positive for Coronavirus

BERLIN—Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has tested positive for the coronavirus, the chancellery said on Friday, adding that he was in self-isolation and was not showing symptoms. “There is no need to worry, I am fine and doing well,” the chancellery quoted Nehammer as saying. The infection apparently occurred on Wednesday evening due to contact with…