US - Media reports White House chief of staff tests positive for COVID-19 coronavirus - November 7, 2020

[sharon sanders]

There are numerous media reports. Here is just one:



White House chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus


By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Jim Acosta and Jeremy Diamond, CNN



Updated 2:10 AM ET, Sat November 7, 2020


White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for coronavirus, according to two officials familiar with the matter, becoming the latest official in President Donald Trump's administration to become infected with the virus after a string of outbreaks in the West Wing.

Two other Trump staffers have also tested positive, officials said, lending further disquiet to an already-tense post-election White House.

Meadows, 61, told people after Tuesday's election that he had contracted Covid, but it wasn't clear when he first tested positive, according to the sources. In the past, he has appeared skeptical of coronavirus mitigation measures and has not often been seen wearing a mask.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/06/politics/mark-meadows-coronavirus-positive-test/index.html

 

[Mary Wilson]

COVID-19 at the White House

A crowd-sourced database tracking the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak within the administration

We are beginning to track the spread of COVID-19 among contacts of chief of staff Mark Meadows, with the first cases being reported on the night of November 6. This page will be updated as test results and contacts are identified.

http://www.whcovidtrack.com/chief-of-staff-outbreak/

 

[Mary Wilson]

More than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus or quarantining in wake of Trump’s campaign travel

By Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey
November 13, 2020 at 10:58 a.m. CST

... Earlier this week, agency supervisors told other staff about the large number of officers who have contracted the virus and said there has been expanded testing to help limit the spread, according to the people familiar with the situation.

The number of officers who have been pulled off duty creates a major stress on an already overworked team and will force many officers to forgo days off and work longer hours to compensate for absent co-workers. A 2015 blue-ribbon panel identified overworked Secret Service officers as one key factor that contributed to security breaches at the White House.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...0eebcc-2539-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html