Vaccinated Leader at Florida Condo Site Tests Positive for COVID-19

Vaccinated Leader at Florida Condo Site Tests Positive for COVID-19
Search and rescue workers oversee an excavator dig through the rubble of the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida on July 9, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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MIAMI—A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chief of staff tested positive for COVID-19.

The news release late Sunday from Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz said he and his chief of staff Isidoro Lopez, who also received a vaccine against the virus, came down with flu-like symptoms earlier in the day and later tested positive.