THREE top U.S. public health officials, all key members of the White House coronavirus task force, have begun self-quarantine for two weeks after contact with a person who has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to U.S. media reports Saturday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells CBS News he will go into “modified quarantine” following exposure to a White House staffer who tested positive for the coronavirus. Fauci says he is “low risk” based on the type of exposure he had to the staffer.

Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, will stay at home, work remotely via teleconference and wear a mask continually for 14 days. Fauci said he may go into his office during this time, but he will be the only person there. Fauci also said if he is asked to go to the White House or appear at a Congressional hearing, he will, but wear a mask and socially distance. Fauci is currently scheduled to appear before a Senate committee hearing Tuesday.

Fauci tested negative for the coronavirus Friday.

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), had a “low-risk exposure” with a person at the White House on May 6, and “will be teleworking for the next two weeks,” a CDC spokesman told several U.S. media outlets.

Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), had sent a note to his staff Friday disclosing his contact with a person who had tested positive for COVID-19, and “is now in self-quarantine for the next two weeks,” a spokeswoman for the FDA was quoted by The New York Times as saying.

Both Hahn and Redfield are scheduled to appear at the same hearing as Fauci on Tuesday, but the two are asked to participate via video conference. Fauci is still expected to appear in-person.(SD-Xinhua)