For robust contact tracing you need city and state,” one official said. The officials said the state contacted the White House early Friday after learning of the president’s diagnosis and was told in a “blanket statement” that the “White House Medical Unit is doing all the contact tracing.”“That doesn’t really satisfy us — particularly with the New Jerseyans,” the official said. Mr. Deere, the White House spokesman, said: “A full contact tracing, consistent with C.D.C. guidelines, was completed for the Bedminster, N.J. trip. On Monday, the White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, became the latest.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2020 21:38 UTC