Eleven coronavirus cases in the Secret Service, 60 members in self-quarantine: Report
by Zachary Halaschak
| May 09, 2020 09:59 AM
The Secret Service is handling 11 cases of COVID-19 as the White House grapples with staffers contracting the virus.
A Thursday report from the Department of Homeland Security outlined that 11 employees were sick as of that night. The new data comes after a single employee tested positive in March. Additionally, there have been 23 members of the Secret Service who have recovered from the illness, Yahoo News reported. There is no indication of whether the infected members had any contact with President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence.
“To protect the privacy of our employee’s health information and for operational security, the Secret Service is not releasing how many of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19, nor how many of its employees were, or currently are, quarantined,†said Secret Service spokeswoman Justine Whelan.
Whelan highlighted that the agency is adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.
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