White House Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham Tests Negative for CCP Virus: White House

Stephanie Grisham, press secretary for First Lady Melania Trump, attends the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 21, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham, under quarantine since contact with a Brazilian official earlier this month, tested negative for CCP virus and will be back at work on Wednesday, the White House said.

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.

Grisham, one of President Donald Trump’s top aides, had been with the president at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 7 when Trump played host to a dinner with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and a Brazilian delegation.

“Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who has been quarantined since coming in contact with Brazilian officials almost two weeks ago and working from home, has received negative COVID-19 test results and will be back to work tomorrow,” White House spokeswoman Judd Deere said.

Bolsonaro’s press secretary Fabio Wajngarten was the aide who tested positive and was at the Mar-a-Lago event.

He was photographed standing next to Trump, prompting the president to get a test that proved to be negative.

Trump has described the test procedure as painful, saying a doctor put a cotton swab up his nose and “turned right under the eye.”

Mick Mulvaney, who at the time was Trump’s acting chief of staff, self quarantined for 14 days after coming into contact with his niece, who had also been in contact with the Brazilian official. Mulvaney tested negative.

By Steve Holland