The Covid - 19 pandemic has crept into the White House, sidelining Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading voice on the pandemic, and posing a threat to US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
The reach of the virus into the home of the nation's leadership comes as some states have begun controversial loosening of the Covid - 19 restrictions, some in defiance of the task force guidelines.
Fauci, the leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force who has been a reassuring figure on national TV, is on a modified quarantine since Saturday scheduled to mostly work remotely from home for 14 days after being exposed to a staffer infected by Covid - 19.
Two other members of the task force, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, have also gone into self - quarantine after their exposures.
Trump and Pence have also been exposed to the virus but have so far not quarantined themselves - a difficult task as the leaders of the nation.
Trump's personal valet has tested positive for the disease as has Pence's Spokesperson Kate Miller.
Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi is next in the line of succession to the Presidency if both Trump and Pence become incapacitated.
Britain recently suffered through a trauma at the top after Prime Minister Boris Johnson came down with Covid - 19 and was hospitalised in an intensive care unit.
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