Wednesday, 24 June 2020

White House halted mandatory Covid-19 temperature checks and symptom screenings


The White House has ended mandatory temperature checks and screenings for coronavirus symptoms for most visitors and staffers, removing procedures that have been in place since March.
NBC News reported that tents used to check temperatures were being taken down on Monday.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement that: "In conjunction with Washington, D.C., entering Phase Two today, the White House is scaling back complex-wide temperature checks," Deere said.
He said that any staffer or guest "in close proximity to the president and vice president is still being temperature-checked, asked symptom histories and tested for Covid-19," The New York Times reported.
He said that social distancing, use of hand sanitiser, and "regular deep cleaning of all work spaces" were still in place, alongside "voluntary facial coverings."

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