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On Monday it was confirmed that White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has also been confirmed infected with coronavirus. This was stated by the White House for the Reuters news agency at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
McEnany, who knows White House reporters from various media outlets several times a week are the 11th person around Donald Trump to be confirmed infected since the president himself was hospitalized last Friday.
Several reporters questioned earlier this week that McEnany continued to see them, without wearing any protection, even though she may well have been exposed to the infection.
McEnany herself says in a statement that the White House medical unit does not consider media representatives to be “close contacts,” but that it will now isolate itself.
Later came Monday Also the news that an employee of the White House communications department, Karoline Leavitt, tested positive. Leavitt works close to McEnany.
On Sunday, Donald Trump stunned by leaving Walter Reed Hospital and getting into a car that later passed hundreds of supporters gathered on the street. From the back seat of the car, an appetizing Trump greeted supporters who waved him with flags bearing his name.
The president was accompanied by two secret service agents who also had mouth guards but also face guards and protective clothing.
The president’s departure was heavily criticized by a Walter Reed Hospital physician, Chief of Emergency Medicine James P. Phillips, who noted that the two officers were now at risk of becoming ill and should be quarantined:
“They can die. All for a piece of political theater. Led by Trump, they risk their lives for the theater. It’s crazy.”
That the car trip would have been approved without any political pressure is not possible, Phillips later told CNN.
America’s Top Infection Control Doctor Anthony Fauci said Monday, without commenting directly on the president’s push, that a person infected with the coronavirus must remain in isolation for ten days before quitting smoking.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said in an interview with Fox that a number of security measures have been taken to protect agents and that Donald Trump is now making “incredible progress.” Melania Trump said Monday that she was fine and will continue to rest in the White House.
On Monday, Democrats said Presidential candidate Joe Biden who is set to hold the next debate with President Donald Trump on October 15. This as long as the experts in the spread of the virus say that it is okay.
The Real Clear Politics site, which weighs up a series of opinion polls, gave Democrat Joe Biden an advantage over President Donald Trump by 8.3 percentage points on Monday, up 50.7 percent from 42.4 percent. . Which follows an upward curve since Sept. 29 when the gap was 6.1 percent.
