Donald Trump was at the same dinner table as a guest who later tested positive for COVID-19, the president’s physician said Friday. The incident took place last weekend, while Trump was hosting a delegation from Brazil at Mar-a-Lago, where he was briefly in contact with the press secretary of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro who also tested positive after the event.
In the second case, Trump shared the dinner table with the guest who “was symptom-free until this morning,” Dr. Sean Conley said in a statement which did not mention the name of the guest.
“There is no indication for home quarantine at this time” as the interactions would be considered low risk for transmission, in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he added. —Joanna Tan
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— CNBC’s Spencer Kimball, Lauren Hirsch, Jeff Cox, Leslie Josephs, Annie Palmer, Matt Clinch, John Melloy, Ari Levy, Christina Farr, Jacob Pramuk and Joanna Tan contributed to this report.
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