CORONAVIRUS LATEST: • White House considers new measures after staffers test positive for COVID-19. • Pandemic has claimed the lives of over 282,000 people across the globe. • More than 4.1 million people have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
3:30 a.m.: White House considers new measures after staffers test positive for COVID-19
One measure under consideration is that aides must maintain a six-foot physical distance during meetings, including ones with President Donald Trump, a senior-level source told ABC News.There is a list of over a dozen people who will be tested daily for the virus before reporting to work in the West Wing, multiple sources said.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2020. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Vice President Mike Pence listen.Secret Service agents close to the president and in the vicinity of the Oval Office will also begin wearing face masks, sources said. The Secret Service declined to comment Sunday night.
Over the weekend, Meadows worked with the White House medical and security units to put additional protocols in place, sources said. Katie Miller, press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, listens as President Donald Trump speaks about reopening the country during a roundtable with industry executives in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2020. Trump confirmed on May 8 that Miller has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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