White House advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have tested negative for COVID-19, a White House source told CNN on Friday, as has Barron Trump, ABC News reports. The negative tests for the Trump family members — along with a negative test for Vice President Mike Pence — follow President Trump's positive test for the virus, first revealed early Friday morning.
It should be noted, however, that the new results likely come from the same White House testing system which missed the presymptomatic COVID-19 infection of Trump aide Hope Hicks — and that in May, the FDA raised "possible accuracy concerns" with the system, "which is known to have a lower accuracy rate than more intrusive tests," according to The Washington Post. So while the White House outbreak appears limited, The New York Times reports that "top advisers to the president ... said they expected a number of additional cases among people in Mr. Trump's orbit."
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