LA Mayor Karen Bass Tests Positive For COVID

LOS ANGELES -- Mayor Karen Bass has tested positive for COVID-19, according to her office.

The mayor, who is vaccinated and boosted, tested positive during a routine test Tuesday night, June 7.

She is ``feeling fine and will continue to work remotely as she follows public health guidelines,'' according to her office.

Bass was expected to lead a press lunch at 11 a.m. Thursday to officially announce Indonesia as the country to be celebrated at this year's annual Lotus Festival in Echo Park, and was also slated to attend the LiUNA Local 300 scholarship dinner, where she was to address and recognize scholarship recipients later Thursday evening.

Her appearances at those events were canceled, her office said in a statement.

-- City News Service