White House Staffer Tests Positive Day After Normalization Deals Ceremony

By Staff, Agencies

US President Donald Trump confirmed reports Wednesday that at least one White House staffer had tested positive for coronavirus, a day after the signing of normalization deals between the Zionist entity, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on the South Lawn.

“I heard about it this morning, at a very small level,” Trump said at a press conference, when asked about reports that several staff members had been infected.

“It’s not anybody who was around me,” Trump said, adding that it was “one person.” He did not identify the staffer.

Earlier, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany refused to comment on multiple reports on the matter. “I don’t share people’s personal medical information,” she said.

She added she’s “seen the reporting out there, but again I’m not here to give people’s personal [information]. In the past, when we’ve discussed a case, unfortunately that individual’s name was leaked to the media.”

But potential infections among staff would be particularly pertinent a day after hundreds of dignitaries, including the Zionist prime minister and the foreign ministers of Abu Dhabi and Bahrain, converged on the premises to sign an accord.

Earlier, White House correspondent for Brazil’s Globo News, tweeted that she had been told of a “couple of positives” among staff.