In a more significant disruption, Ms. Pelosi’s spokesman, Drew Hammill, said a planned congressional delegation to Asia that she had been scheduled to lead had been postponed.
That trip, officially focused on Japan, was also reported in Japanese and Taiwanese media to have included a visit to Taiwan on Sunday, drawing a warning from China, which considers Taiwan its territory. Sunday is the 43rd anniversary of President Jimmy Carter’s signing of the Taiwan Relations Act, which enabled the United States to maintain unofficial relations with democratically ruled Taiwan, while giving diplomatic recognition to China.
The wave of cases has also hit Mr. Biden’s communications staff hard. Ms. Psaki tested positive last month, a day before she was supposed to join President Biden on a trip to Brussels for a series of summits to rally support for Ukraine in its battle against the invasion by Russia. Instead, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House principal deputy press secretary, accompanied Mr. Biden — and tested positive on her return.
And just in the past few days, more cabinet members and senior aides to members of the administration have reported testing positive after attending an annual dinner last week in Washington for A-list politicians and journalists. Among those who have publicly announced being infected with the virus after attending the event are Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; Attorney General Merrick B. Garland; Valerie Biden Owens, the president’s sister; and Jamal Simmons, the communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris. Mr. Biden did not attend.
On Friday, at a celebration on the White House South Lawn of the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to be named to the Supreme Court, Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris and Judge Jackson ended their speeches and returned to the White House without mingling with the crowd.