{"id":2076,"date":"2021-03-17T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2021-03-17T21:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T21:59:41","slug":"statement-from-speaker-corey-johnson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2021\/03\/17\/2076\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Speaker Corey Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Updated to Reflect Negative COVID test result&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York, NY \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;Today I learned that I was exposed to COVID-19. After speaking with medical professionals, I immediately got tested for COVID. This afternoon, the tests came back as negative.&nbsp;I have begun quarantining, per CDC guidance. Going forward, I will continue following CDC guidelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, I have no symptoms and I\u2019m feeling great. I already have received my first vaccine shot, and am excited to get the second dose soon. I will continue my City Council work from home in the coming days.<br \/>Take care everyone &#8212; this isn\u2019t over. Please continue to wear a mask, wash your hands and get vaccinated if you\u2019re eligible.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Updated to Reflect Negative COVID test result&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>New York, NY \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;Today I learned that I was exposed to COVID-19. After speaking with medical professionals, I immediately got tested for COVID. This afternoon, the tests came back as negative.&nbsp;I have begun quarantining, per CDC guidance. Going forward, I will continue following CDC guidelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2021\/03\/17\/2076\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}