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The widening outbreak around Trump

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The widening outbreak around Trump

President Donald Trump may have left Walter Reed hospital, but the number of people in the White House who have been infected with the coronavirus continues to grow.

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that she had tested positive for the virus. Two deputies in the press office also tested positive. McEnany is one of the most visible members of the White House team. As recently as Sunday, she had briefed reporters about the president's condition—while not wearing a mask. McEnany said she had been tested regularly since the president's diagnosis and that Monday was the first time that she was positive. 

Kayleigh McEnany

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It's probable the coming days could see the number of infections linked to the White House increase. Several days can pass before the body builds up enough of the virus for its presence to be detectable through testing. And there were numerous opportunities for the president and others who have been in contact with him to spread the virus: At the reception for the Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, at the debate in Cleveland and at the Trump campaign fundraiser in New Jersey. 

Meanwhile, as amateur epidemiologists on social media continued to analyze photographs of those events, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday updated its website that explains "How Covid Is Spread."

The agency said it continues to believe people are more likely to become infected the longer they are with and closer they are to someone with Covid-19. But it also said that there are published reports of "uncommon circumstances" in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces in which people with Covid-19 infected others who were more than six feet away. Those cases usually involved activities like singing or exercise.

The agency reiterated that it's more common for the virus to spread through close contact with an infected person. The update doesn't change the CDC's recommendations for how to protect against infection, which remain staying six feet apart, washing hands and wearing masks.

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