Newsom tests positive for COVID-19, his second infection since the pandemic began
California politics
Laurel RosenhalMarch 8, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday after showing mild symptoms, his spokesman Alex Stack said.
Newsom will work remotely and self-isolate for at least five days, Stack wrote to reporters in a text message. He added that Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, tested negative.
Newsom still plans to participate in a press conference
on
Thursday via Zoom with
California
considerate General Rob Bonta.
The infection is Newsom’s second time with COVID-19; he also had it in May 2022 of last year.
The governor’s illness comes about a week after he lifted California’s COVID-19 state of emergency
had given
granted him broad executive powers to protect the state from an unpredictable and deadly virus, but also became a political flashpoint among people annoyed by the restrictions he imposed early in the pandemic.
As of February 28, more than 12 million Californians, about 1 in 3 people in the state, have tested positive for COVID-19, according to data from the California Department of Public Health. Since the start of the pandemic, 100,424 deaths in California have been linked to the virus.
Fernando Dowling is an author and political journalist who writes for 24 News Globe. He has a deep understanding of the political landscape and a passion for analyzing the latest political trends and news.
