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An outbreak of COVID-19 has struck the White House — including the president himself — just weeks before the 2020 election.
Why it matters: If the president can get infected, anyone can. And the scramble to figure out the scope of this outbreak is a high-profile, high-stakes microcosm of America's larger failures to contain the virus and to stand up a contact-tracing system that can respond to new cases before they have a chance to become outbreaks.
COVID-19 positives
Wednesday, Sept. 30
- Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel
Thursday, Oct. 1
- White House communications aide Hope Hicks
- President Trump
- First Lady Melania Trump
- Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)
Friday, Oct. 2
- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
- Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway
- Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien
Saturday, Oct. 3
- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
- University of Notre Dame President John Jenkins, who attended the Rose Garden ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court
- Three unidentified White House reporters also who attended the ceremony
- Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Sunday, Oct. 4
- Director of Oval Office operations Nick Luna
Monday, Oct. 5
- White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany
- Two unidentified White House communications aides
Tuesday, Oct. 6
- White House senior adviser Stephen Miller
Wednesday, Oct. 7
- White House security office chief Crede Bailey (positive test date unconfirmed)
Tuesday, Oct. 13
- Trish Scalia, who attended the Rose Garden event with husband, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, (though it's unclear where she contracted the virus)
Wednesday, Oct. 14
- First lady Melania Trump said her son, Barron Trump, contracted the virus but had no symptoms. She did not say when exactly he tested positive.
Saturday, Oct. 24
- Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff Marc Short.
COVID-19 negatives (per most recent known test)
Friday, Oct. 2
- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
- Eric and Lara Trump
- Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
- President Trump's son Barron Trump
- Ivanka Trump
- Jared Kushner
- Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett (previously tested positive this summer)
- Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
- Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar
- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
- White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow
Saturday, Oct. 3
- White House social media director Dan Scavino
- Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.)
Monday, Oct. 5
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
- President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani
Tuesday, Oct. 6
- Attorney General Bill Barr
- Katie Miller, press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence (She tested positive in May)
Wednesday, Oct 7
- Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)
- Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence
Thursday, Oct. 8
- Democratic nominee Joe Biden
Monday, Oct. 12
- President Trump (negative test dates undisclosed, but first announced on this date)
Tuesday, Oct. 13
- Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia
Editor's note: This article has been updated with the latest coronavirus results.