A four-star general on the Joint Chiefs of Staff is working remotely after testing positive for COVID-19 this week.
Army Gen. Dan Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, is isolating himself following the test results, a spokesman said Friday.
Other members of the National Guard Bureau staff are continuing with their duties under existing coronavirus protocols.
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“All continue to be tested as required,” Wayne V. Hall with the National Guard’s media operations branch said in a statement.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and several other Pentagon leaders went into quarantine in October 2020 after they came in contact with a Coast Guard admiral who tested positive for COVID-19.
For more information, visit The Washington Times COVID-19 resource page.