The steps are part of a behind-the-scenes scramble to respond to the development that has rattled an already-shaken Washington. But those unusual announcements are just a window into the ongoing efforts to trace potential exposure. New Jersey officials on Tuesday announced the state's first novel coronavirus-related death, but Fox News is told this is not the same individual who attended CPAC. The staffer told Fox News that CPAC organizers had asked for the attendee’s phone to go through themselves, but were denied. White House officials said when Gaetz learned he was in proximity to the man with coronavirus at CPAC, he sat by himself in a section of the president's plane.

Source: Fox News March 10, 2020 18:00 UTC