White House Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham Tests Negative for CCP Virus: White House

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By Reuters
March 24, 2020COVID-19
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White House Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham Tests Negative for CCP Virus: White House
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham arrives for a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in the at Blue House in Seoul on Jun. 30, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AFP via Getty Images)

White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, under quarantine since contact with a Brazilian official earlier this month, tested negative for coronavirus and will be back at work on Wednesday, the White House said.

NTD refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.

Grisham, one of President Donald Trump’s top aides, had been with the president at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 7 when Trump played host to a dinner with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and a Brazilian delegation.

“Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who has been quarantined since coming in contact with Brazilian officials almost two weeks ago and working from home, has received negative COVID-19 test results and will be back to work tomorrow,” White House spokeswoman Judd Deere said.

Bolsonaro’s press secretary Fabio Wajngarten was the aide who tested positive and was at the Mar-a-Lago event.

He was photographed standing next to Trump, prompting the president to get a test that proved to be negative.

Trump has described the test procedure as painful, saying a doctor put a cotton swab up his nose and “turned right under the eye.”

Mick Mulvaney, who at the time was Trump’s acting chief of staff, self quarantined for 14 days after coming into contact with his niece, who had also been in contact with the Brazilian official. Mulvaney tested negative.

By Steve Holland