Top US diplomat Ross Wilson tests positive for COVID after getting the last evacuation flight out of Kabul after he was one of the first in the Afghanistan embassy to get vaccinated
Ross Wilson, the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul who was on one of the last flights out of Afghanistan, has tested positive for COVID Ross Wilson, the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul who was on one of the last flights out of Afghanistan, has tested positive for COVID, a new report revealed on Wednesday. Wilson, who was vaccinated, has very mild, cold-like symptoms, sources told Politico. Wilson, who was the charge d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy, spent his final weeks in country working at the Kabul airport to help with the evacuation. Secretary of State Tony Blinken posted a photo on social media of the U.S. Embassy staff, including Wilson, who carrying the folded American flag before the group boarded the last flight out of Kabul. The State Department would not confirm whether or not Wilson tested positive for COVID. 'We're not in a position to speak to anyone's private health records. What I will say is that when our officers come out of Kabul and they spend time in a transit