'COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive.' Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a top candidate to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate, says she has tested positive for Covid-19.
"COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," the mayor said on Twitter.She told MSNBC that she received the news that both she and her husband were positive on Monday. She said they decided to get tested because her husband was sleeping more than normal."It's a shock," she said, noting that she initially thought her husband's symptoms were due to allergies."It leaves me at a loss for words.
A mayor that has risen in the national spotlight during both the racial reckoning roiling the country and the fight to contain the coronavirus, Bottoms has seen her standing among the women being considered to be Biden's running mate grow in recent weeks.CNN reported late last month that Bottoms, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Val Demings of Florida were believed to be the four leading vice president prospects.
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