NJDOH: White House Supplies Names of 206 Bedminster FR Attendees; Contact Tracing Effort Ongoing
The NJDOH tweeted the following regarding the Thursday fundraising event for President Trump in Bedminster:
DOH & @SomersetCntyNJ Dept. of Health have received information from the management of Trump Nat’l Golf Course in Bedminster, NJ & the White House. The White House supplied to NJ officials the names of at least 206 individuals who attended the events.
DOH has reached out to these individuals to make them aware of possible exposure and recommend that they self-monitor for symptoms and quarantine if they were in close contact with the President and his staff.
Health Dept. are interviewing staff members of the club and assessing the level of contact they had with the President and his staff and providing public health recommendations accordingly. The majority of staff reside in Somerset County.
The contact tracing process is ongoing. Attendees that are seeking a test should consider waiting at least 5-7 days from the event. While the risk is low, a negative test earlier than that time cannot definitively rule out that COVID-19 will not develop.
Those who are concerned that they were in close contact should quarantine for 14 days. New Jersey officials have been informed that the federal government is also conducting contact tracing.