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State Department spokesman Ned Price has tested positive for Covid-19 after participating in the UN General Assembly last week, CNN reports.

"After experiencing symptoms for the first time this morning, I tested positive for COVID-19 shortly thereafter, & will now quarantine for the next 10 days," Price said in a tweet Monday. "I'm feeling under the weather but am grateful for the protection from severe illness offered by safe and effective vaccines."

Price was a participant in a large number of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meetings during the diplomatic event in New York. Participants were all seen wearing masks while indoors for those meetings.

Blinken tested negative for Covid-19 as recently as Monday morning as part of his routine testing, State Department principal deputy spokesperson Jalina Porter told reporters Monday afternoon.

Porter said that no other members of the traveling party are currently exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms and will follow appropriate protocols.