Two Secret Service agents face isolation after Trump motorcade ride #CovidParade [View all]

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8805725/Two-Secret-Service-agents-face-isolation-Trump-motorcade-ride.html

At least two of Donald Trump's Secret Service detail are facing 14 days of isolation after traveling in a sealed car with the infected president during a motorcade stunt which caused 'outrage' among some of the agency's 3,000 elite bodyguards.

Doctors, the CDC and the state of Maryland say the agents will have to quarantine after their close contact with Trump, prompting anger from some agents at a president who was 'not even pretending to care'.

Agents have previously gone into isolation after an outbreak linked to an Oklahoma rally in June, and thousands of them are on duty during election season, meaning they can be subbed out quickly if some of them test positive.

While Trump's aides insist that the photo-op was cleared by medics, it is not known whether the agents agreed or were ordered to take part, and fears have been growing in the Secret Service about the White House's slapdash attitude to mask-wearing and social distancing.

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