CDC Director Robert Redfield is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone at the White House who tested positive for COVID-19

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• CDC Director Robert Redfield is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone at the White House who tested positive for COVID-19, The Washington Post reported.
• Redfield had a "low-risk exposure" on Wednesday but is "feeling fine, and has no symptoms," a CDC spokesperson said. "He will be teleworking for the next two weeks."
• Officials did not identify the person Redfield came into contact with.
• Earlier this week, it surfaced that three people in the White House or close to President Trump's family tested positive for the virus: Trump's valet, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, and Ivanka Trump's personal assistant.
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Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is self-quarantining after coming into contact with someone at the White House who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

Redfield "had a low-risk exposure" on Wednesday to "a person at the White House who has COVID-19," a CDC spokesperson told The Post. "He is feeling fine, and has no symptoms. He will be teleworking for the next two weeks."

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