New York City Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19

New York City Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams, center, speaks during a news conference at a Harlem hospital after the shooting of two NYPD officers, Jan. 21, 2022, in New York. Adams apologized Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, after a 2019 video surfaced showing him using a racial slur for white people when talking about the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams has tested positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for the first-term Democrat says in a statement that Adams woke up with a raspy voice Sunday. Adams took a PCR test that came back positive. Earlier Sunday, the spokesperson tweeted that Adams had taken a rapid test that had come back negative but took the additional test out of an abundance of caution. Adams has no other symptoms but has canceled all public events for the week and will be taking antiviral medications.

Photo: FILE – New York City Mayor Eric Adams, center, speaks during a news conference at a Harlem hospital after the shooting of two NYPD officers, Jan. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)