{"id":116578,"date":"2020-11-20T19:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pentagon-official-anthony-tata-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2020-11-20T19:58:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:58:23","slug":"pentagon-official-anthony-tata-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pentagon-official-anthony-tata-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pentagon official Anthony Tata tests positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Pentagon official Anthony Tata tests positive for COVID-19<\/strong>”
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\n Senior Defense Department official Anthony Tata tested positive for COVID-19 this week after an infected foreign official toured the Pentagon \u2014 hobnobbing with the upper echelons of the US military, including the defense secretary and the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force.<\/p>\n

Tata, a retired Army brigadier general<\/a>, is the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, one of the top advisers to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller. His illness may hamper implementation of President Trump\u2019s remaining policies, which include a troop drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

As of Friday, Tata, 61, has held the role just 10 days after being elevated amid a shakeup with Trump\u2019s post-election firing of Secretary Mark Esper.<\/p>\n

The virus app<\/a>arently reached the Pentagon during visits from Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis. The dignitary made use of two visits \u2014 last Friday and Monday \u2014 to greet Miller as well as Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, Navy Secretary Ken Braithwaite and Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett. He later tested positive for the serious respiratory bug.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinister Karoblis visited the Pentagon on Nov. 13, 2020, where he met with multiple senior leaders, including Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller,\u201d Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said in a Thursday statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn that day he also met with the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force, and Anthony Tata, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. On Monday, Nov. 16, the minister met with the Secretary of the Navy. All have been tested since their meetings. As a result of the embassy notification, Mr. Tata was tested today and has tested positive for COVID-19 on two successive tests. He will isolate at home for the next 14 days in accordance with Center for Disease Control protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller and the Army, Navy and Air Force secretaries won\u2019t quarantine themselves, Hoffman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs CDC COVID mitigation guidelines were followed during the Acting Secretary\u2019s bilateral meeting with the minister, as well as meetings with Mr. Tata, Acting Secretary of Defense Miller is not quarantining,\u201d Hoffman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilarly, each of the Service Secretaries are not quarantining based on testing and mitigation measures that were in place during the Lithuanian delegation\u2019s visit and CDC guidelines. We will continue to evaluate conditions, take appropriate preventative measures, and undertake additional necessary testing.\u201d<\/p>\n

New cases of the virus are surging across the US, with new daily counts nearing 200,000. Since March, the virus has infected 11.7 million Americans and killed more than 252,000. The drug company Pfizer is expected to apply Friday for emergency authorization for a vaccine candidate, with officials vowing rapid distribution of millions of doses.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has recently ravaged the White House \u2014 infecting Trump and many senior aides last month \u2014 and members of Congress. Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, and Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott, 67, tested positive this week.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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