Atlanta’s Mayor Has COVID-19

July 7, 2020 4:21 am

ATLANTA (AP) – Atlanta’s mayor says she has tested positive for COVID-19, despite having what she describes as “no symptoms.” 50-year-old Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms is among the women named as a potential vice-presidential running mate for presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden. Bottoms announced her positive test in a tweet on Monday. She says she decided that she and family members should get retested because her husband has been sleeping an unusual amount since Thursday. Bottoms’ national profile has risen in recent months both as a mayor handling the coronavirus pandemic and amid the national reckoning on race since the death of George Floyd.