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Fever-stricken reporter barred from White House coronavirus briefing

By Daniel Chaitin
Published March 14, 2020 5:56pm ET
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Fever-stricken reporter barred from White House coronavirus briefing
A member of the media, right, gets their temperature taken by member of the White House physicians office, over concerns about the coronavirus outside the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. | (Alex Brandon/AP)

A journalist was denied entry into the White House Coronavirus Task Force news briefing Saturday after developing a fever.

Reporters had their body temperatures taken by staff at the White House as a precaution against the coronavirus.

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