WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” the Federal Reserve announced.

Powell, 69, is “up to date” with all COVID vaccines and boosters, the Fed said, and is working from home.

“Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, he is working remotely while isolating at home,” the central bank said in a statement.

The Fed’s next interest rate-setting meeting is Jan. 31-Feb. 1, a timetable that could allow Powell to recover in time to participate in person. If not, an alternative plan would be to return to a virtual meeting, which the Fed held for months during the height of the pandemic.

The Fed is in the midst of an aggressive drive to tame high inflation, though there are growing signs that price pressures are gradually easing. The central bank is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by a slower quarter-point at the next meeting, after a half-point increase in December and four consecutive three-quarter-point hikes before that.

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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco announced that he, his wife, and children tested positive for COVID.

It is unknown when Bianco tested positive but he wrote that his family has recovered after going through light symptoms.

“I held off the longest and wouldn’t have known other than I lost my sense of smell/taste,” Bianco wrote.

Bianco says he is working from home while quarantining.

Bianco is the second local leader to announce that they tested positive for coronavirus in the past week.

On Jan 20, Congressman Raul Ruiz confirmed he tested positive.

Ruiz has been providing updates on his Facebook page. Over the weekend, Ruiz reported having a low-grade fever and would’ve required hospitalization if his vitals had worsened. However, his condition has improved.

On Tuesday, Ruiz wrote that his fever had gone away and could potentially return to Riverside County on Wednesday if the fever doesn’t return.

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