Yet some White House officials and experts worry that those measures are insufficient and that this weekend’s events may become another high-profile superspreader event, said three administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue. “I enlisted a team of scientists and germicidal UV lighting companies to provide, as a demonstration project at no cost, a temporary installation to help protect the White House correspondents’ dinner,” Milton said. The correspondents’ association says it has sold 2,600 tickets. White House officials also referred questions about safety to the correspondents association, even as top officials sought to project a return to normalcy after two virus-ridden years. “I don’t think events like [the correspondents’ dinner] need to be canceled.”AdvertisementPortnoy, the WHCA’s president, stressed that the association had taken multiple steps to ensure a safe evening.

Source: Washington Post April 28, 2022 03:02 UTC