White House Stops Some Temperature Screenings Amid Pandemic

Workers from the White House Physician's Office check the body temperatures of journalists in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington on March 17, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The White House is stopping some temperature screenings as the U.S. Capitol enters phase two of its reopening plan.

In conjunction with Washington entering phase two, “the White House is scaling back complex-wide temperature checks,” Judd Deere, deputy press secretary, said in a statement.