Another worker at the White House just tested positive for the coronavirus

• A worker in a cafeteria on the White House grounds tested positive for the coronavirus. 
• Officials in the administration were informed of the positive case on Wednesday and told that the risk of transmission was low, CNN reported. 
• The cafeteria where the employee worked was in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building not far from the West Wing. 
• Executive aides dine there, CNN reported, but they were not told to quarantine after contact tracing was completed. 
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A worker at a cafeteria on the White House grounds tested positive for the coronavirus prompting two cafeterias to be temporarily closed, CNN reported. 

Officials in the administration were informed by email about the positive case on Wednesday, but were reassured that the risk of transmission was low because safety precautions were taken like wearing masks. 

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