Category: High-profile cases

French President’s Wife Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Late December: Media

PARIS —The wife of French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for COVID-19 towards the end of December but resumed normal activities after a second test proved negative, French radios Europe 1 and France Info reported on Saturday. Europe 1 said Brigitte Macron tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 24. It said she presented no major…


Congressman Announces Positive COVID-19 Test Hours After Voting on House Floor

A newly sworn in congressman announced early Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Rep. Jacob LaTurner (R-Kan.), who is in his first time in Congress, received a positive test result late Wednesday. “Congressman LaTurner took the test as part of Washington DC’s travel guidelines that requires…


Rep. LaTurner Tests Positive for COVID-19 Hours After Electoral College Vote

A newly sworn-in congressman said that he’s tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Rep. Jacob LaTurner (R-Kan.), a freshman Republican, received a positive test result late on Jan. 6. “Congressman LaTurner took the test as part of Washington DC’s travel guidelines that requires visitors be tested. He is not…


MP Jo Stevens Leaves Hospital After Recovering From CCP Virus

British MP Jo Stevens, who was admitted to hospital after contracting the CCP virus, said on Wednesday she had returned home. Stevens, 54, who represents Cardiff Central, a constituency in Wales, serves as the main opposition Labour Party’s shadow culture secretary. On Christmas Eve, her Twitter account said she had been “laid low with COVID…


US House Republican Kevin Brady Tests Positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House of Representatives tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, said on Tuesday that he had tested positive for coronavirus weeks after receiving a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Brady, 65, is the second House member to report testing positive for the virus this week….


GOP Rep. Kevin Brady Tests Positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the top Republican on the House’s tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, says he’s tested positive for coronavirus, weeks after receiving a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Brady, 65, is the second House member to report testing positive for the virus this week. An aide to Rep. Kay Granger…


Larry King, Hospitalized With COVID, Moved Out of ICU

LOS ANGELES—Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monday. King was moved to the ICU on New Year’s Eve and was receiving oxygen but is now breathing on his…


Republicans Decry Democrats Allowing Representative to Vote After Positive COVID-19 Test

Republicans on Sunday criticized Democrats for coaxing Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) to travel to Washington to vote for speaker of the House of Representatives despite recently testing positive for COVID-19. Moore tested positive for the disease on Dec. 28. Federal health guidance recommends quarantining for, at minimum, seven days after a positive test. Republicans blamed…


Republicans Critical of Democrats for Allowing Moore to Vote After Positive COVID-19 Test

Republicans criticized Democrats for coaxing Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) to travel to Washington on Jan. 3 to vote for speaker of the House of Representatives despite recently testing positive for COVID-19. Moore tested positive for the disease on Dec. 28; federal health guidance recommends quarantining for a minimum of seven days after a positive test….


Virginia State Sen. Ben Chafin Dies After Contracting CCP Virus

Virginia State Sen. Ben Chafin died late on Friday from complications of the CCP virus, a disease caused by COVID-19. He was 60 years old.