WASHINGTON _ Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien on Friday advised staff who were exposed to anyone who tested positive for the coronavirus to self-quarantine immediately.
Anyone else without symptoms does not need to do so at this time, he wrote in an all-staff email.
"In consultation with the White House Medical Unit and our own medical consultants, any campaign staff member who has had exposure to someone testing positive should immediately begin self-quarantine," Stepien said.
President Donald Trump announced early Friday morning in a tweet that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. One of the president's senior White House aides, Hope Hicks, had tested positive prior to the president's announcement.
Trump had planned to hold a rally in Sanford, Florida, on Friday evening but the event was removed from his public schedule after he shared his test results. He had also been scheduled to have campaign events in Wisconsin and Arizona in the coming days.
Stepien in the email to campaign staff, which was obtained by McClatchy, said that "some public events will be taken down" but did not specify which events.
He said that the campaign office would remain open.
