Joint Chiefs quarantining at home after vice commandant of Coast Guard tests positive
The vice commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Charles Ray, is under quarantine at home after testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday, according to a Coast Guard statement.
Ray had "mild symptoms over the weekend," the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard said it's "following established policies for COVID, per CDC guidelines, to include quarantine and contact tracing."
All the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are now quarantining at home after Ray tested positive, a U.S. official confirmed.
The official says this is being done as a precautionary move after Ray participated in a meeting with the chiefs either Friday or Monday. All have tested negative so far, according to a senior defense official. The only member of the Joint Chiefs who is not quarantining is the Marine Corps Commandant because he was traveling overseas at the time of the meetings.
A Department of Defense statement says, "Out of an abundance of caution, all potential close contacts from these meetings are self-quarantining and have been tested this morning. No Pentagon contacts have exhibited symptoms and we have no additional positive tests to report at this time.""
The Department of Defense added, "There is no change to the operational readiness or mission capability of the U.S. Armed Forces. Senior military leaders are able to remain fully mission capable and perform their duties from an alternative work location."
ABC News' Luis Martinez and Matt Seyler contributed to this report.