Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and other leading US military top brass have gone into quarantine after a senior US Coast Guard official tested positive for Covid-19
The US military’s most senior official and leaders of the US Army, Navy and Air Force have all gone into quarantine after a US Coast Guard leader got Covid. General Mark Milley and the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force have tested negative for the virus, but remain under quarantine as a precaution, unnamed officials told AP. The head of the United States Cyber Command, Gen. Paul Nakasone, was also among those quarantined.
The officials said the military leaders were working from home and this has not affected military readiness. Up to 14 officials are believed to have been potentially exposed to the virus after meetings last week with the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Charles W. Ray, who has tested positive. The officials were informed about the positive test on Monday.It is not known how Ray contracted the virus, but it was not believed to be related to the outbreak affecting President Donald Trump and others at the White House, the officials said.