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Four more reporters working at the White House tested positive for nCoV, after Trump’s partner and some officials became infected with the virus.
The Covid-19 epidemic is spreading in the White House, prompting many members of the trade press here to rush to test out of concern. Three reporters tested positive for nCoV on Oct. 2, the White House Reporters Association said.
“Before these positive cases, the President’s test results and other positive cases on White House staff, some White House correspondents are quarantining themselves while they await testing,” he said. Assembly added in an email to members that same evening.
A White House employee working in the Western press area also tested positive for nCoV in the morning.
Reporters and spokespersons for the White House work together in crowded spaces, often in close contact. This made journalists nervous because it was not clear who was infected with nCoV.
Trump’s top aides did not wear masks on a Marine One helicopter at the White House for the Minnesota Sept. 30 campaign with the U.S. president. Image: AFP.
In a statement on Twitter on the night of October 1, President Donald Trump said that he and his wife Melania had received a positive test result for nCoV after female assistant Hope Hicks contracted the virus. On October 2, he went to Walter Reed Military Hospital, a suburb of Washington, to receive treatment for symptoms such as fever and shortness of breath.
Among the positive reporters for nCoV, one was last in the White House on September 26 and then flew to the campaign with Trump in Pennsylvania. This person started having Covid-19 symptoms on October 1.
Another reporter with nCoV infection appeared at the White House on September 26-27 and had mild symptoms late on September 30.
A Washington Post spokesman said he was identifying newspaper reporters who had interacted with White House officials recently to “make sure testing is done quickly and with full support.”
A source from CBS News also said the agency is tracking the exposure and following guidelines on testing and quarantining reporters. NBC News and MSNBC are also implementing exposure tracking instructions, and some employees will be quarantined for surveillance.
The White House Reporters Association emphasized that reporters must adhere to wearing masks, spacing and maintaining common sense, especially when working in the White House complex.
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