Thirteen employees of a Minneapolis steakhouse are quarantining after the restaurant catered a fundraiser that President Trump attended during a campaign visit to Minnesota last week.
Murray’s Restaurant, located in downtown Minneapolis, catered the fundraiser at the home of Cambria CEO Marty Davis. Approximately 40 donors paid $200,000 per couple or $100,000 per person to attend the event last Wednesday and meet the president, The Associated Press reported.
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The restaurant said in a statement that “at no point did any staff come in close proximity to the president,” during the fundraiser.
“Upon learning of the president’s positive COVID-19 test, we immediately enacted a 14-day quarantine for all staff who worked the party. Additionally, each staff member who worked the party will be tested for COVID-19,” the restaurant said, according to the AP.
A spokesperson for the restaurant told the news service that it is still operating normally.
One of the event attendees, philanthropist Helene Houle, told the AP that none of the guests got closer than six feet to the president, adding that attendees were tested for COVID-19 in their cars before the event.
Houle added that dinner was not served until the president left for a rally in Duluth, Minn.
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