Coronavirus: Fauci, 2 other top health officials confirm self-quarantine

Three of the nation’s top health officials, including high-profile White House coronavirus response team member Anthony Fauci, confirmed they were in self-quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

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Fauci was joined by Robert Redfield, 68, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Stephen Hahn, 60, commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Fauci, 79, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN he will begin a “modified quarantine” after making what he called “low risk” contact with the White House staffer who tested positive for coronavirus.

Fauci has previously tested negative for the coronavirus.

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Redfield said he "will be teleworking for the next two weeks” after a “low-risk exposure” on Wednesday to a person at the White House who has the disease, The Washington Post reported Saturday, citing a spokesperson.

Hahn will be doing a full quarantine because he came into contact with the White House staffer who tested positive, CNN reported.

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Hahn took a diagnostic test for the coronavirus and the results were negative, The New York Times reported, citing an email from FDA spokesperson Michael Felberbaum.

“As Dr. Hahn wrote in a note to staff today, he recently came into contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19. Per CDC guidelines, he is now in self-quarantine for the next two weeks,” Felberbaum wrote.

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Officials have not identified the person who exposed Hahn or Redfield to the virus. However, Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, several media outlets reported.