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

US Defense Secretary Tests Negative a Week After Contracting COVID-19
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks while in Manama, Bahrain, on Nov. 20, 2021. Mazen Mahdi/AFP via Getty Images
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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 the virus,” said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.