According to a media report, the coronavirus outbreak in the White House is larger than previously known. The broadcaster ABC News reported yesterday evening (local time), citing an internal document from the Civil Protection Agency (FEMA) that 34 “White House employees and other contacts” had been infected with the virus in the past few days.
It was not clear from the report whether the listed cases also include US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania. After the infection of Trump became known on Friday, the list of infected confidants of the president has grown longer and longer.
In addition to the White House spokeswoman, Trump’s close advisors Hope Hicks and Stephen Miller also tested positive. The White House is extremely cautious about the scope of the outbreak with reference to personal rights.
Generals in isolation
Meanwhile, the U.S. Marines announced that Deputy Commandant General Gary Thomas had tested positive for the coronavirus. Thomas went into quarantine at home on Tuesday as a precautionary measure after close contact tested positive.
Other high-ranking generals, including Chief of Staff Mark Milley, are currently working from home because they may have been exposed to the coronavirus at a meeting. Previously, the Vice Chief of the Coast Guard, Admiral Charles Ray, tested positive.
