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U.S. Interior Secretary Bernhardt tests positive for COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: Interior Secretary David Bernhardt testifies before a House
FILE PHOTO: Interior Secretary David Bernhardt testifies before a House Appropriations Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the Interior Department’s FY2020 budget request on Capitol Hill

(Reuters) – U.S. Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a representative for the department said.

Bernhardt was asymptomatic and would continue to work while in quarantine, Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin told Reuters by email.

(Reporting by Derek Francis in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar)