⁍ A cafeteria employee on the White House grounds has tested positive for coronavirus.


⁍ Ike’s Eatery and the New Executive Office Building’s cafeteria have been temporarily closed.


⁍ Two White House staffers and a member of the Navy who serves as one of Trump’s personal valets tested positive for coronavirus in May.


– For the second time this year, a White House cafeteria employee has tested positive for coronavirus, NBC News reports. This time, it’s an employee of Ike’s Eatery, which is located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. “There is no reason for panic or alarm,” an email from the White House’s Office of Public Health reads, adding that the risk of transmission is low due to precautions such as gloves and masks. The email also says no executive office staff need to be quarantined because of exposure. The development comes after two White House staffers and a member of the Navy who serves as one of President Trump’s personal valets tested positive for coronavirus in May. Trump has been taking an anti-malarial drug called hydroxychloroquine, but he tells CNN that he doesn’t know how often he’s been tested for the virus. “I do probably on average a test every two days, three days, and I don’t know of any time I’ve taken two in one day, but I could see that happening,” he says.



Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/politics/white-house-cafeteria-worker-tests-positive-coronavirus/index.html