Washington | A mostly maskless White House event last weekend suspected to be at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak that has afflicted President Donald Trump was held in conflict with a District of Columbia government ban on gatherings of more than 50 people, alarming local officials and health experts who fear the potential of community spread.
The DC regulations do not cover federal property, meaning the White House was technically exempt, but the fallout has left city officials scrambling over how to respond. For now, they have deferred to the Trump administration for contact tracing efforts to contain the transmission of a disease that has killed more than 208,000 Americans.
