Expansive White House COVID outbreak sidelines 10% of Secret Service

Enlarge / A member of the United States Secret Service wearing a face mask stands guard as President Donald J. Trump speaks to supporters from the Blue Room balcony during an event at the White House on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty | The Washington Post)

The latest coronavirus outbreak at the White House continues to expand and has now sidelined roughly 10 percent of the Secret Service's core security team, according to a report by The Washington Post.

More than 130 Secret Service officers who guard the White House and the president are now infected or in quarantine after close contact with infected co-workers. A former senior Secret Service supervisor told the Post that missing over 130 of the agency's 1,300 officers in the Uniformed Division does not bode well for White House security."

People familiar with the matter have linked the spread of the coronavirus among Secret Service agents in part to the president's whirlwind travel and crowded campaign rallies in the run-up to the election. The agency is also looking into possible exposures at the White House.

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