6 Trump campaign staffers tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Saturday rally, which experts have warned could be a superspreader event
US President Donald Trump speaks at a "Make America Great Again" rally at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, on July 17, 2019.Six staffers on the president's re-election campaign tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Trump campaign confirmed to Business Insider.
Health experts have worried that the president's rally will be a COVID-19 superspreading event. Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx reportedly expressed concerns last week over the safety of the large, in-person rally. "Per safety protocols, campaign staff are tested for COVID-19 before events," Tim Murtaugh, the communications director for the Trump campaign told Business Insider. "Six members of the advance team tested positive out of hundreds of tests performed, and quarantine procedures were immediately implemented."
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