In the past week, Trump has been in close contact with countless officials and supporters. One public health expert calls it a 'nightmare' situation. 'I suspect many senior members of the government are going to have to go into quarantine,' he says.
First and foremost, we wish him and FLOTUS a speedy recoveryIncubation period of the infection is 2-14 days but reality is that its usually 3-5 days"He has been around a lot of people over the last five, seven days and certainly in the last couple of days when he was likely infectious, he was around a lot of folks, including Vice President Biden," Jha told NPR's Morning Edition."I suspect many senior members of the government are going to have to go into quarantine.
White House personnel will have to race to identify anyone who came into contact with the president, said Jha, who noted that the traditional metric used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to gauge close contact is anyone who was within six feet for 15 minutes. "Anybody who was on the airplane with him, anybody who's been in the White House with him, somebody who attended a rally who was, you know, 100 yards away, doesn't need to worry," Jha said."But anybody who was in close contact with him for any extended period of time needs to be identified and quarantined and probably tested.
The White House has said the president and first lady are experiencing"mild symptoms" and that they are expected to remain at the White House for the next two weeks. "He should absolutely be in isolation. He should not be seeing really anybody else," Jha said."As we saw with [British] Prime Minister [Boris] Johnson, it can take, you know, five, 10 days before the real severe symptoms come on. So we're going to hope that this goes smoothly. But I'm worried about the next week ahead."
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