US: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quarantining after security agent tests positive

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department chief of staff Laura Schiller said. Schiller's statement says the agent has been in "close contact" with Buttigieg as recently as Monday morning. Buttigieg tested negative Monday and has not shown any symptoms, the statement said. Buttigieg has received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and Schiller said he will receive the second dose when he completes the quarantine period. An additional member of the security team will also quarantine due to close contact with the agent. Buttigieg said Monday that both he and the agent who had tested positive felt fine.<br/>