Government health officials enter precautionary quarantine

Several government health officials, including Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, have entered some form of quarantine because they encountered someone who tested positive for coronavirus.

Fauci, who frequently appeared on television during the daily coronavirus task force briefings, told CNN that he will engage in a "modified quarantine" due to "low risk" regarding a White House staff member who tested positive for the illness. The outlet noted that the designation of "low risk" indicates that Fauci was not near the person during the time he or she was infected with COVID-19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, is in quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tested positive, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield will self-quarantine because he encountered someone in the White House who tested positive, the outlet noted.

The two men will beam in via video to testify at a Senate hearing this week, CNN noted, adding that Fauci likely will appear in person to testify, according to a source within Sen. Lamar Alexander's office.

While the CDC and FDA did not give CNN the names of the people who tested positive, the outlet noted that Vice President Pence's Press Secretary Katie Miller recently tested positive for the illness.