A member of the White House press corps suspected of having COVID-19 has tested negative.
"I have just been advised that our colleague who we learned last week had a suspected case of COVID-19 has finally received test results. They were negative," said Jonathan Karl, White House Correspondents Association president and ABC News White House correspondent.
The journalist's name was not released. It was first reported on March 23 that the person was suspected to have contracted the novel coronavirus. Karl said at the time that the person was at the White House March 9, 11, 16 and 18, and advised anyone at the White House on those dates to talk to their doctor, The Hill reported.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force held briefings on three of those days, with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in attendance.
The WHCA has since changed the seating chart at briefings with reporters spread farther apart and fewer journalists allowed in those briefings. Two recent briefings have been held in the Rose Garden allowing for more journalists to attend.
"As we have said since this crisis began, our priority is ensuring that we can maintain a healthy pool to provide coverage of the president. To that end, the WHCA took the emergency step last month to issue a new, temporary seating chart," the WHCA said.
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