White House mandates coronavirus test for anyone in 'close proximity' to Trump or Pence

The White Home is administering a speedy coronavirus check to anybody coming into contact with President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere confirmed to POLITICO on Friday.

“As the Doctor to the President and White House Operations continue to guard the well being and security of the President and the Vice President, starting right now anybody who is predicted to be in shut proximity to both of them can be administered a COVID-19 check to guage for pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers standing to limit inadvertent transmission,” Deere stated in a assertion.

The definition of “shut proximity” is unclear, but a White Home official confirmed that the testing protocol doesn't embrace reporters presently. The White Home has been taking the temperature of these close to Trump and Pence — including reporters attending every day briefings on the White House — since March 14.

Reporters requested the president concerning the new testing requirement throughout his meeting with oil executives Friday afternoon. Trump turned to the group attending the assembly and asked if any of them needed to be tested.

“If anybody needs to be examined, they’ll be examined,” the president stated. He didn't tackle the reasons behind the new directive.

Trump, himself, tested adverse for coronavirus for the second time, the White House doctor introduced on Thursday. The president was examined utilizing “a brand new, speedy point-of-care check capability” and the damaging end result came back in 15 minutes, in accordance with a letter from Dr. Sean Conley. Conley additionally stated that the president was wholesome and doesn’t have any symptoms.

The president unveiled a brand new speedy check package from Abbott Laboratories in the Rose Backyard earlier this week, touting the administration's efforts on testing. On Monday, Trump stated the U.S. has reached 1 million checks, what he referred to as a "historic milestone" within the battle towards Covid-19, the illness brought on by the unique coronavirus.

However those milestones came after some early stumbles, with delayed well being providers' capability to conduct widespread testing as the virus first started to spread throughout the USA. The Facilities for Illness and Management and Prevention opted to not use coronavirus checks from the World Well being Organization early on in the disaster, as an alternative creating an American check that did not initially work correctly. That contributed to a lag in testing, which made it more durable for docs and scientists to include the pandemic.

Daniel Lippman contributed to this report.

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