The American Israel Public Affairs Committee announced that some people who were potentially in contact with a coronavirus patient attended the group's Washington conference earlier this week — as did several political leaders
The annual three-day event, which ran from Sunday to Tuesday, attracts more than 18,000 people, according to the pro-Israel lobbying group's website. The news comes following confirmation earlier Wednesday of the 11th US death from the disease as the global toll of coronavirus deaths continues to climb into the thousands.
tweeted out an email on Wednesday that the group said it had sent to conference participants sharing the news."We have been made aware that a group of Policy Conference attendees from New York was potentially in contact prior to the conference with an individual who contracted coronavirus," the email reads."That individual did not attend Policy Conference. The group has been added to the self-quarantine list.
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