Biden Aide Tests Positive for Virus After Summit in Scotland
- Aide and other traveling staff remained behind as a precaution
- Aide believed not to have had close contact with Biden on trip
President Joe Biden addresses a press conference at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 2.
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
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A White House aide who accompanied Joe Biden to international summits in Europe last week tested positive for coronavirus infection before the president returned to the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.
The aide and some of Biden’s other traveling staff remained in Scotland after the president attended the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow because of concern about transmission, the people said. The exact number of staff involved is unclear.