Two attendees and two members of support staff tested positive for the virus.
Four people at the Republican National Convention’s events in Charlotte, N.C., have tested positive for Covid-19, the county’s authorities announced Friday.
Though the convention’s Charlotte programming was drastically scaled back due to coronavirus concerns, two attendees and two members of support staff tested positive for the virus. Health officials for Mecklenburg County, which contains Charlotte, said 792 Covid-19 tests were conducted on staff and attendees at the convention.
Michael Ahrens, RNC communications director, said in a statement to POLITICO that the impacted attendees and support staff tested positive on arrival at the convention and were sent home. They had tested negative before arriving at the convention, Ahrens said.
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Four people at the Republican National Convention's events in Charlotte, N.C., have tested positive for Covid-19, the county's authorities announced todayhttps://t.co/aiEWICvR7M
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