Daily US Times: The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr Anthony Fauci has criticized the White House for hosting a gathering last month that has been linked to an outbreak of Covid-19.
The White House’s coronavirus task force member said the President’s unveiling of his judicial nominee was a “superspreader event”.
Dozens of White House aides and other contacts were reportedly infected by the coronavirus.
President Trump’s doctors have cleared him to hold public events as he himself recovers from Covid-19. The President was discharged from hospital on Monday after three nights.
Mr Trump was asked in an interview with Fox News on Friday evening about the symptoms he had experienced.
He said he had not felt strong but had found no problem breathing.
The President was asked if he had re-tested for coronavirus on Friday, he replied he was at “either the bottom of the scale or free”, but did not say his results were negative.
The US President is expected to host an in-person White House event on Saturday.
CBS News asked on Friday what Dr Fauci, a top US virus expert, thought of the White House’s reluctance to insist on mask-wearing and social distancing as virus precautions, and instead rely on regular testing.
He said: “The data speak for themselves – we had a superspreader event in the White House, and it was in a situation where people were crowded together and were not wearing masks.”
Dr Fauci also noted that for the last six months, experts have been recommending mask-wearing, and condemned talk of a coronavirus “cure” – a word President Trump has used in reference to the experimental Covid-19 treatments he received during his recent stay at a military hospital.
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