How the White House protects Trump and his staff from coronavirus
By Steven Nelson
March 6, 2020 | 11:38am | Updated
WASHINGTON — The White House is holding meetings on how to reduce the threat of coronavirus infecting President Trump and his staff after quietly tightening visitor rules last month, The Post has learned.
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the White House has mandated that guests disclose all countries visited in the past 30 days. And further steps are under review by a group led by Tony Ornato, White House deputy chief of staff for operations.
The group was described to The Post by one senior administration official as a “task force†that convenes when necessary to address emerging threat situations.
The biggest visible change in the West Wing has been installation of hand sanitizer stations. But the senior official said temperature checks and ending public tours are possible if the crisis worsens — though neither is imminent.
Down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, Congress faces a more vexing security dilemma. The Capitol and its office buildings remain open to the public with little more than metal detectors at entrances.
But the Ornato-led group is “constantly monitoring and re-evaluating†White House protocols, the official said.
The review follows a significant security change to screen potentially infected visitors.
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