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Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White tests negative for COVID-19, returns to work at Thompson Center

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is back at work at the Thompson Center, after testing negative for COVID-19, a week after testing positive.

White, 88, suffered mild symptoms of the virus, and had been working from home while quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 24.

Wednesday morning, White's office announced he had tested negative for the virus, and had returned to work at his office at the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago.

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