Trump overcomes quarantine – Dagbladet

NEW YORK (Newspaper): In recent days, both Vice President Mike Pence’s press spokesperson Katie Miller and a military officer who worked closely with President Donald Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. It has caused further chaos in the White House, according to various US media.

Some members of Trump’s team to fight the coronavirus now warn that they are in quarantine. Others make it clear that they will continue to come to work.

The White House virus comes at a time when the President himself is trying to convince Americans that it is safe to reopen parts of the economy.

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The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Stephen Hahn, who is in charge of drug and vaccine approvals, warns that he will remain in quarantine for two weeks. So does Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which corresponds to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, according to the Washington Post.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the leading infection expert in the United States. It is a key part of crisis management for the Trump administration. On Saturday night, he also told CNN that he would enter what he describes as “modified quarantine” after not being in close contact with employees who tested positive.

The modified quarantine means you want to stay home and work from there, but you can go to the office of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where you will be the only one in the office. You will also wear a face mask for the next 14 days and take a crown test every day.

Hahn is said to have been quarantined after being exposed to Miller.

– Redfield decided he had low-risk exposure to a White House person who had covid-19, CDC spokesman Benjamin Hayes told the newspaper.

Redfield was last tested on April 27 and then tested negative.

– It feels good and has no symptoms. If you have to go to the White House during this period, you’ll be able to measure body temperature, undergo symptom screening tests, and keep a distance from others, Hayes says.

– not worried

“I’m not worried,” Trump said, according to The Guardian when asked about the spread of the White House virus on Friday.

However, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows warned that the administration will step up anti-infection measures to protect the president. Among other things, both Trump and Pence and others in their immediate circle will now be evaluated daily.

So far, the White House has revealed nothing but Miller, and the military officer has been told to quarantine.

– The President’s Doctor and the White House continue to work closely to ensure that we take all necessary precautions to ensure that the President, the President’s family, and the entire White House are safe and healthy at all times. In addition to social distancing, daily temperature measurement, hand sanitizing, and regular cleaning, anyone close to the president and vice president also undergoes daily covid-19 tests, spokesman Judd Deere told the Washington Post.

Now that Redfielt and Hahn have announced that they want to stay home, several other employees should also have become unsure of what they should do in the future.

New note

On Friday, all White House employees were told in writing that they should work from home “if possible.” The memo also warns that the White House will step up its cleanup, and that all employees leaving the Washington region must be quarantined for 14 days. The note does not ask employees to wear face masks.

Trump and Pence have even been criticized for not wearing such masks publicly despite their own administration recommending it.

When it became known that Pence’s spokeswoman, Katie Miller, had tested positive, the staff reviewed a table map to contact those who had sat closest to her. The places where he had stayed were also thoroughly disinfected. He should have been regularly in the Oval Office and close to President Trump, but not since he stopped holding his daily press conferences about two weeks ago.

She is also married to one of Trump’s closest senior advisers, Stephen Miller. He is also expected to stay in his quarantined home in the near future.

– Undermines trust

The virus inside the White House makes many point out how difficult the situation is.

– The virus is in the White House, no matter how you look at it. We will soon find out if they can stop it or not. But the facts are that a place, secured with the best resources to mitigate damage, cannot stop the virus that has the potential to undermine confidence that it can be fought, says former Under Secretary of State for Security Barack Obama. Juliette Kayyem, for the New York Times.