Contact tracing for White House outbreak came too late, experts say
President Donald Trump and at least 34 White House staffers and contacts have been infected with the coronavirus following Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination ceremony at the White House Rose Garden on September 26. The White House accepted the CDC’s…
D.C. reports increased demand for coronavirus tests amid White House outbreak
A testing site outside the White House on Friday urged anyone who had worked or visited to get tested. That site conducted only 80 tests, far below the hundreds processed at other locations, said Susana Castillo, a Bowser spokeswoman. The…
Fauci calls White House outbreak a coronavirus superspreader event
More than 150 people gathered in the White House’s Rose Garden on September 26 to see President Donald Trump officially nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Most of them were maskless. Many hugged or shook hands as…
How the White House Coronavirus Outbreak Compares to Other Clusters
President Donald Trump announced his Supreme Court nominee at a crowded Rose Garden event on Sept. 26 where few people wore masks or observed social distancing. Between it and Oct. 2, when Trump was helicoptered to Walter Reed National Military…
White House Outbreak May Have Spread Coronavirus To Other Communities : Shots
Numerous people have tested positive after attending an event in the Rose Garden at the White House on Sept. 26 to announce the nomination of Seventh U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images…
D.C.-area health departments fault contact-tracing efforts amid White House coronavirus outbreak
ASSOCIATED PRESS © Associated Press President Donald Trump, center, stands with Judge Amy Coney Barrett as they arrive for a Sept. 26 ceremony to announce Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White…
Stephen Miller Tests Positive as White House Outbreak Grows
Here’s what you need to know: Stephen Miller, the president’s top speechwriter, has tested positive for coronavirus.Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times On Tuesday evening, senior administration officials confirmed that Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s top speechwriter and a policy…
Pentagon scrambles to retrace steps after White House COVID-19 outbreak
The Pentagon is retracing the steps of its top brass after a positive coronavirus case among senior officials forced Defense Department heads into quarantine. © Greg Nash Pentagon scrambles to retrace steps after White House COVID-19 outbreak News of Coast…
Trump returned to the Oval Office even as the White House outbreak grew.
President Trump returned to the Oval Office on Wednesday, even as a full picture of his health remained unclear and many of his aides were in quarantine amid a West Wing outbreak that continues to grow. White House officials said…
Despite White House outbreak, Trump and some aides return to work, flouting CDC guidance
But midafternoon — less than a week after testing positive for the potentially lethal virus — Trump returned to work in the West Wing, potentially endangering any staffers still in the building. Trump’s presence there sent yet another message to…
