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WH confirms Trump ‘SHARED TABLE’ with Brazilian envoy, 3nd official to test positive for coronavirus after US visit

14-3-2020 < RT 17 291 words
 

US President Donald Trump shared a table with a Brazilian official that has since tested positive for Covid-19, the White House confirmed, after two others present for the same visit were found to carry the illness.


Trump came into contact with the official during a meeting with a Brazilian delegation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend, Trump’s physician Sean Conley said in a statement published by the White House late on Friday night.


“This evening we learned of another dinner guest, this one sharing the table with the president and White House delegation, who was symptom-free until this morning and has since tested positive,” Conley wrote, adding that the two had spent “more time in close proximity.”



These interactions would be categorized as LOW risk for transmission per CDC guidelines, and as such there is no indication for home quarantine at this time.






While the statement did not identify the official, the Brazilian Embassy confirmed that its ambassador to the US, Nestor Forster, had tested positive earlier on Friday, noting he had placed himself into isolation as a “precautionary measure.”



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