Donald Trump's White House Navy valet tests POSITIVE for coronavirus - Daily Mail

BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump's White House Navy valet tests POSITIVE for coronavirus - leaving president 'upset' when he was told about diagnosis

• A Navy official who acts as one of President Donald Trump 's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, CNN reported
• President Trump was upset upon learning the news
• Raises questions about first family's exposure to the disease 
• Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

By Emily Goodin, Senior U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:00 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 16:50 BST, 7 May 2020

A Navy official who acts as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus.

President Trump was upset upon learning the news, CNN reported. 

The valet was a member of the military unit assigned to serve the White House, raising questions about the first family's exposure to the disease.  

The navy stewards are part of a unit that provide a variety of services for the West Wing including catering and valet services. 

The valet who tested positive is not being identified and it's unclear what this person's exact duties involved.  

A Navy official who acts as one of President Donald Trump 's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus 

'We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for Coronavirus,' deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. 'The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health.'

A White House source told CNN the valet had symptoms Wednesday morning and the news that someone close to the president had tested positive for the virus was 'hitting the fan' in the West Wing.  

There are 96 full time employees who work in the residence, which makes up the second and third floors of the White House. And there are another 250 part-time employees, according to the book 'The Residence' by Kate Anderson Brower, which detailed the work of the residence staff.

Those jobs include: butler, maid, chef, plumber, doorman, and florist.

It has been White House policy that people meeting with the president are required to pass a coronavirus test. 

Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are tested weekly for the virus.  

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Donald Trump's White House Navy valet tests POSITIVE for coronavirus - Daily Mail

BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump's White House Navy valet tests POSITIVE for coronavirus - leaving president 'upset' when he was told about diagnosis

• A Navy official who acts as one of President Donald Trump 's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, CNN reported
• President Trump was upset upon learning the news
• Raises questions about first family's exposure to the disease 
• Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

By Emily Goodin, Senior U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:00 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 16:21 BST, 7 May 2020

A Navy official who acts as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus.

President Trump was upset upon learning the news, CNN reported. 

The valet was a member of the military unit assigned to serve the White House, raising questions about the first family's exposure to the disease.  

The navy stewards are part of a unit that provide a variety of services for the West Wing including catering and valet services. 

The valet who tested positive is not being identified and it's unclear what this person's exact duties involved.  

A Navy official who acts as one of President Donald Trump 's personal valets has tested positive for the coronavirus 

'We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for Coronavirus,' deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. 'The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health.'

A White House source told CNN the valet had symptoms Wednesday morning and the news that someone close to the president had tested positive for the virus was 'hitting the fan' in the West Wing.  

People meeting with the president are required to pass a coronavirus test.  

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Coronavirus: Black Britons face 'twice the risk' of death, says ONS - BBC News

Black men and women are nearly twice as likely to die with coronavirus as white people in England and Wales, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The analysis shows the inequality persists after taking into account age, where people live and some measures of deprivation and prior health.

People from Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities also had a significantly higher risk of dying.

The government has launched a review into the issue.

The analysis by the ONS combined data on deaths involving Covid-19 with information on ethnicity from the 2011 census.

Taking into account age, location and some measures of deprivation, disadvantage and prior health, it found black people were 90% more likely to die with Covid-19 than white people.

Men and women from Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities had an increased risk of between 30% and 80%, the analysis found.

Robert Cuffe, the BBC's head of statistics, said the analysis cannot fully explain the reasons for the higher risk, because it does not take into account people's current health, whether they are in crowded living conditions, whether they are exposed to the virus through front-line roles - or other differences between communities that can increase risk.

The ONS suggested some of the risk might be caused by other social and economic factors that are not included in the data.

And it said that some ethnic groups may be "over-represented in public-facing occupations" and so more at risk of being infected while at work.

The ONS plans to examine the link between coronavirus risk and occupation.

Without taking into account factors such as prior health and location, the analysis found black people were more than four times as likely to die after contracting the virus.

But Prof Keith Neal, emeritus professor of the epidemiology of infectious diseases at the University of Nottingham, said that figure was "misleading".

He said not adjusting for "known factors" like whether groups were living in areas with more coronavirus cases could make the difference in risk appear even bigger than it was.

After factoring in these issues, the death rate among black men and women was 1.9 times as high as white men and women. For Bangladeshi and Pakistani men the risk was 1.8 times higher, and for women in those communities it was 1.6 times higher.

'Action must be taken'

David Lammy, the shadow justice secretary, said the greater risk faced by black people was "appalling".

"It is urgent the causes of this disproportionality are investigated. Action must be taken to protect black men and women - as well as people from all backgrounds - from the virus," the Labour MP for Tottenham said on Twitter.

Research by the Health Foundation found that ethnic minority workers were more likely to be doing jobs that carried a high risk during the pandemic.

It found that in London, while black and Asian workers made up 34% of the overall working population, they represented 54% of workers in food retail, 48% of health and social care staff, and 44% of people working in transport.

Tim Elwell-Sutton, assistant director at the Health Foundation, said a forthcoming government review of the impact of the virus on different groups must consider "how deep-rooted discrimination and socioeconomic disadvantage are placing some people at increased risk".

Helen Barnard, acting director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said that workers from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds were also more likely to live in overcrowded homes, increasing the risk of the virus spreading to their families.

She said that the UK entered the crisis with "a rising tide of low pay, insecure jobs and spiralling living costs" and "we must ask ourselves what kind of society we want to live in after the virus passes".

A Department of Health and Social Care spokeswoman said it had commissioned Public Health England to examine different factors such as ethnicity, obesity and geographical location that may influence the effect of the virus.

"It is critical we find out which groups are most at risk so we can take the right steps to protect them and minimise their risk," she said.

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North Korea building facility 'big enough to store ballistic missiles' - The Loppy

North Korea is building a facility big enough to store its ballistic missiles, according to analysis of new satellite photos by a US think tank.

The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said construction of the unit, near Pyongyang International Airport, “is nearing completion” and “is almost certainly related to North Korea’s expanding ballistic missiles programme”.

“A high-bay building within the facility is large enough to accommodate an elevated Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile and, therefore, the entirety of North Korea’s known ballistic missile variants,” the CSIS report said.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a military drill in February

“The facility has been constructed next to an underground facility whose likely size is also large enough to easily accommodate all known North Korean ballistic missiles and their associated launchers and support vehicles.”

It said the facility has been under construction since 2016 and includes a number of notable features including an “unusually large covered rail terminal” and buildings that are connected by a wide road network that could help move large trucks and ballistic missile launchers.

“Taken as a whole, these characteristics suggest that this facility is likely designed to support ballistic missile operations,” the report which was published on Tuesday said, calling it the Sil-li Ballistic Missile Support Facility.

If construction continues at its current pace, and barring unforeseen delays, it could be complete and ready for operations sometime during late 2020 or early 2021, it added.

Reporting from inside North Korea is notoriously difficult because of tight controls on information within the secretive state.

When asked about the report at a regular briefing in Seoul on Wednesday, a spokesman for South Korea’s Unification Ministry said it would be inappropriate to comment.

Nuclear diplomacy between North Korea and the US has largely stalled since the breakdown of the second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in February 2019.

After the failed Hanoi summit, North Korea has carried out several short-range missile and other weapons tests.

Mr Trump has downplayed them, saying they did not pose a direct threat to the US mainland.

The two countries have been in a face-off for months over the next steps in their negotiations, with North Korea refusing to disarm in return for a reprieve on its sanctions – dashing hopes of denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula.

In January, Kim accused the US of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and said his country will continue developing nuclear programmes and introduce a “new strategic weapon” in the near future.

During a rare meeting of his ruling party, he also said that his country would not put its security at risk in exchange for economic benefits, and that it would never denuclearise unless the US ends what he called its “hostile policy”.

Pyongyang has also been increasingly frustrated by the nearby joint military drills held by the US and South Korea – which have recently been suspended due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

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Coronavirus: Pompeo criticised China over its handling of the outbreak - BBC News - BBC News

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Who will replace North Korea's Kim Jong Un? | FT - Financial Times

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India: At least nine dead and 300 taken ill after gas leak in Andhra Pradesh - Sky News

At least nine people have died and more than 300 have been taken to hospital after a gas leak in southern India.

Many of the injured complained of a burning sensation in the eyes and breathing difficulties following the incident in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The leak has been traced to an LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam and it is feared the fumes have spread over a radius of about two miles.

According to local official Vinay Chand, the gas leak happened after a fire broke out as workers prepared to restart the plant following a relaxation in the COVID-19 lockdown rules.

Thousands of people have been evacuated from nearby areas, including 1,500 from one village, officials said.

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Styrene, which is highly flammable and releases a poisonous gas when burnt, leaked from the plant during the early hours of the morning, when families in the surrounding villages were asleep, the commissioner of the Visakhapatnam city corporation said.

"Hundreds of people have inhaled it and either fell unconscious or having breathing issues," Srijana Gummalla added.

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Anywhere within a roughly two-mile (3km) radius of the plant was vulnerable, the municipal corporation said in a tweet.

At least one coronavirus containment area is affected.

India's prime minister Narendra Modi said that he had spoken to officials from the federal home ministry and the National
Disaster Management Authority, who were monitoring the crisis.

"I pray for everyone's safety and well-being in Visakhapatnam," he said in a tweet.

The LG Polymers plant makes polystyrene products, according to a company website, which are used in manufacturing electric fan blades, cups and cutlery and containers for cosmetic products such as make-up.

In December 1984, thousands of people died following a gas leak in Bhopal.

More than 500,000 people were exposed to the methyl isocyanate gas in what is believed to be the world's worst industrial disaster.

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