In this Oct. 2, 2020 file picture, President Donald Trump reaches Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., on Marine One helicopter after he evaluated favorable for COVID-19. Records gotten by a federal government guard dog reveal that approximately 900 U.S. Secret Service staff members evaluated favorable for the coronavirus.
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Roughly 900 U.S. Secret Service staff members evaluated favorable for the coronavirus, according to federal government records gotten by a federal government guard dog group.
Secret Service records reveal that 881 individuals on the company payroll were detected with Covid-19 in between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021, according to files gotten by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. More than 11% of Secret Service staff members were contaminated.
Secret Service representative Justine Whelan stated Covid screening of staff members was pro-active with more than 25,000 tests being administered.
“The Secret Service’s essential law enforcement mission required agency employees to remain in continuous contact with the public during the pandemic,” Whelan stated. “Now and throughout the pandemic, the Secret Service was fully prepared and staffed to successfully meet these challenges.”
The records gotten through a Freedom of Information Act demand did not consist of the names or tasks of those who evaluated favorable. But over half — 477 — operated in the unique representative department, which is accountable for safeguarding the president and vice president, in addition to the households of these leaders and other federal government authorities.
TEAM kept in mind that the Trump administration did something about it that ran the risk of direct exposure to Secret Service employees, however it might not confirm a direct connection to possible infections due to the fact that the identities of those contaminated stays personal.
After President Donald Trump contracted Covid-19, he took a drive in his governmental car as Secret Service workers drove and secured him. The previous president likewise held numerous big rallies and occasions, consisting of the statement of Amy Coney Barrett’s election to the Supreme Court, in spite of constraints on public events.
The Secret Service utilizes roughly 3,200 unique representatives, 1,300 Uniformed Division officers, and more than 2,000 other technical, expert and administrative assistance workers.
