Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Other Top Military Brass Forced to Quarantine After Official Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and other top military officials have been forced to quarantine after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for Covid-19, according to the Washington Post. 

Milley tested negative, but will still be working remotely as he was exposed to the virus after meeting with the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Charles W. Wray, who tested positive on Monday.

The head of U.S. Cyber Command, Gen. Paul Nakasone, and 14 other officials have also been forced to quarantined following the meeting.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins took to Twitter to report that only one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is not working remotely.

All but one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is now working remotely.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 6, 2020

CBS’ David Begnaud reported a list of which officials are quarantining following their exposure:

BREAKING: CBS News reports top U.S. military officials quarantined after COVID19 exposure:
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vice Chairman
Army chief of staff
Naval Operations Chief
Air Force chief of staff
CyberCom Commander
SpaceForce operations chief
(@davidmartinmep reports)

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 6, 2020

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