Former President Donald J. Trump’s non-public club in Palm Beach, Fla., was partially closed on Friday following some workers members testing positive for the coronavirus, two individuals acquainted with the occasions confirmed.
The closure affected service within the eating room and on the seashore club, in response to The Associated Press. The two individuals acquainted with the occasions confirmed that was the case; they weren’t licensed to talk publicly.
The A.P. cited an e-mail that went to members of the club, which additionally serves as Mr. Trump’s everlasting residence. The strikes had been taken out of “an abundance of caution” and a few employees had been quarantined, in response to the e-mail.
A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail in search of remark. A lady who answered the cellphone at Mar-a-Lago mentioned “no comment” and hung up when requested if the club was open.
The Florida Department of Public Health didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The club is about to play host to occasions throughout the Republican National Committee spring retreat in Florida subsequent month. It has been Mr. Trump’s post-presidency base of operations, the place he has hosted Republican officers.
Coronavirus instances have been declining for weeks in Florida, which reopened companies months earlier than a lot of the nation. But the state continues to be averaging about 5,000 new instances a day, in response to a New York Times database.
Dr. Alina Alonso, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County, mentioned this week that instances had been declining domestically, and he or she was “cautiously optimistic” in regards to the course of the virus. But she warned the general public that it was too early to declare victory over the pandemic.
