CDC staffers only found out about a suspected case of the coronavirus at the agency when Trump told reporters

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• Staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were taken by surprise when President Donald Trump told reporters of a suspected coronavirus case at the agency, reported Politico.
• Trump said that a scheduled visit to the agency had been cancelled because of the suspected case, but it was back on because the person had tested negative. 
• The president has caught people off-guard with information he's released before, tweeting out a map of an Iranian missile facility last year, which experts said contained sensitive information. 
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Staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention only found out about a suspected case of the coronavirus at the agency after President Donald Trump told reporters about it in remarks on live TV, Politico reported.

Trump hastily cancelled a visit to the agency in Atlanta, Georgia, Friday morning — but soon after told the reporters the visit was back on and explained what had been happening. 

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