On Friday, the pro-Israel lobby group told attendees, speakers, administration and offices of Capitol Hill that the two had traveled from New York to Washington, DC, to attend the conference. March 1 to 3.
“We continued to stay in constant communication with the Westchester County health department and the DC health department which coordinates with the New York health department and national health authorities,” said the statement. AIPAC.
Conference participants and speakers included Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Chief of the Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, representative Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Former 2020 Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg, former candidate Senator Cory Booker, DN.J., and several other lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.
The group’s website indicates that more than 18,000 people are attending its conference across the country and two-thirds of the Congress is attending.
AIPAC had already alerted conference participants on Wednesday that a group of conference participants may have had contact with a coronavirus patient before traveling to Washington for the event, and that they would be driving -quarantine.
Asked about it at a press conference on the coronavirus, Pence and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, said it was the first time they had heard of it. AIPAC cases, which were announced by AIPAC shortly before the press. Event.
“We will be engaged, I am confident in the same follow-up of contacts that we are in any case,” said Pence.
Fauci added that members of the White House Coronavirus task force would share more information as it became available.
“If you have someone who was here, the risk of a major epidemic obviously, which everyone is thinking of, but what will happen is that the infected will have follow-up contacts and c ‘is the “weapon of public health”, if you want to call it, that we have, “said Fauci.
The DC Department of Health said in a statement on Friday that it was working with AIPAC to keep attendees informed, but its investigation to date has revealed “no identified risks to conference attendees for the moment”.
“All participants and members of the public are encouraged to follow established prevention advice, such as staying at home in the event of illness and calling a health care provider if symptoms arise,” said the Department of Health. .
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States is increasing every day. The United States has confirmed 260 cases of COVID-19. In the United States, at least 14 people and more than 3,400 people worldwide have died from the virus.