Early this morning, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced they had tested positive for coronavirus and will spend the next 10 days in the White House. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed that DC Health would not be involved in the contact tracing of these cases.

“The White House physician will do their own contact tracing and provide guidance to impacted individuals,” LaToya Foster, Communications Director for Mayor Bowser, wrote in a statement to DCist/WAMU. “As has been the practice throughout the pandemic, state health agencies only include its own residents within its case total.”

Late last year, the president officially moved his residency from New York to Florida. This means that the Trumps’ infections will be counted towards Florida case totals and statistics as opposed to the District’s, the Mayor’s office has confirmed.

Trump’s close advisor Hope Hicks also tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week.

The diagnosis continues to provoke reactions, and has some locals worried about their own exposure. On Capitol Hill, where many District residents work, there’s continued concern over the lack of coronavirus safety measures, particularly in light of today’s announcement that Utah Senator Mike Lee has also tested positive.

In August, many Capitol Hill residents worried that some lawmakers who work at the Capitol were not taking mask-wearing seriously and were exposing the greater community.

If someone who works at the White House or on Capitol Hill was to get tested at one of the public testing sites in the District, then DC Health would proceed with their own contact tracing, the city confirmed to DCist/WAMU. However, the case data would go towards the count in their state of residency.

While Trump has primarily been on the campaign trail in recent days, he arrived back in D.C. last night. Per McClatchy DC, in an email to the entire campaign staff (including those who work at the Arlington headquarters), Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien wrote, “In consultation with the White House Medical Unit and our own medical consultants, any campaign staff member who has had exposure to someone testing positive should immediately begin self-quarantine.”