A US Marine assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron One, the unit responsible for transporting the President, has tested positive for coronavirus
The service member had flown to Bedminster, New Jersey, in anticipation of President Donald Trump's upcoming visit there. "Out of an abundance of caution, Marines who may have had contact with the infected Marine have been removed from the detachment. The infected Marine was never in direct contact with the President's helicopter, Marine One," a spokesman for the US Marine Corps told CNN in a statement.
Administration officials were alerted this week that a cafeteria employee on the White House grounds had tested positive and in May, two White House staffers and a member of the Navy who serves as one of Trump's personal valets all contracted the virus. The White House has since gone to great lengths to shield Trump and Vice President Mike Pence from the outbreak, even as they travel to states where cases are surging.
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