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Source: NBC
The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump will not change his plan to travel to New Jersey this weekend despite a new order by the governor requiring visitors who have been in states with high numbers of coronavirus cases to quarantine for 14 days.
The president of the United States is not a civilian, White House spokesman Judd Deere said when asked about Trumps compliance with the quarantine order given his travel Tuesday to Arizona, which has seen a rise in the rate of its COVID-19 cases.
Anyone who is in close proximity to him, including staff, guests and press are tested for COVID-19 and confirmed to be negative, Deere said in a statement.
With regard to Arizona, the White House followed its COVID mitigation plan to ensure the president did not come into contact with anyone who was symptomatic or had not been tested, the spokesman added.
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