Hillary Clinton contracts COVID-19 with mild cold symptoms

Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton announced on Tuesday, that she had contracted COVID-19 with mild symptoms.

The 74-year-old, who was also the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said that, she had been vaccinated, “I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine.

“I’m more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness,” she added.

Her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, tested negative on Tuesday for the COVID-19 and is feeling well.

“Bill Clinton, 75, is quarantining until our household is fully in the clear,” Hillary Clinton mentioned.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced a positive test result, the second for her in just a few months.

“Thanks to the vaccine, I have only experienced mild symptoms,” Psaki said in a statement.

Hillary Clinton and Psaki are the latest in a series of prominent U.S. figures who have recently been infected with COVID-19, joining a list that also includes former U.S. President Barack Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

At least 155 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have been diagnosed with COVID-19, one of whom subsequently died of COVID-19, since the outbreak of the disease in the United States two years ago.

The United States has reported more than 79 million COVID-19 cases and 972,000 deaths, both the highest in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

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Xinhua