Journalists who work at the White House are testing positive for Covid-19
A widening coronavirus outbreak at the White House has left members of the media scrambling to find out if they, too, are infected.
Three journalists who work at the White House tested positive on Friday, according to a series of memos from the White House Correspondents Association.
“Given these positive cases, the president’s diagnosis and positive cases among other members of the White House staff, a number of White House journalists are self-isolating pending diagnostic testing,” the correspondents association said in a email to members Friday night.
A White House staffer who sits in the “lower press” area of the West Wing also received a confirmed positive result on Friday morning.
Reporters and White House spokespeople work together in cramped quarters, often meeting the definition of close contact.
So there is now widespread concern among White House reporters about who was exposed. [Continue reading…]