CPAC Chair Had Brief Contact With Coronavirus Patient at Conference

Matt Schlapp shook Trump's hand on final day of conference

Matt Schlapp (L), Chairman of the American Conservative Union, hosts a conversation with Laura Trump (not pictured), President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and member of his 2020 reelection campaign, and Brad Parscale (not pictured), campaign manager for Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, during the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative Union in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 28, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

The chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) confirmed that he had brief contact with an attendee of an event who has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, but added that he’s unaware of anyone else contracting the virus, including himself.

Matt Schlapp told the Washington Post and Fox News that he interacted with the COVID-19 patient and told the broadcaster that he had “incidental contact” with the attendee “very briefly.”