- White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan tested positive for COIVD-19 on Saturday.
- Sullivan has met with other high-profile officials prior to testing positive.
- Sullivan was last in contact with Biden early last week.
White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, according to news reports.
"He is asymptomatic, and he has not been in close contact with the President," said National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson to CNN.
Sullivan met with Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall of Senegal at the White House just a few days before testing positive to discuss the impact of Russia's war on Ukraine on food security in Africa, according to the White House.
Sullivan was last in contact with President Joe Biden early last week, according to Politico. Sullivan has also kept his distance from Biden after people he had been in close contact with tested positive, the outlet reported.
On Thursday, White House spokesperson Karin Jean-Pierre said that Biden tested weekly or as necessary, but refused to reveal the president's testing, according to NBC.
