随着口罩不再需要，一些人认为缓解措施已经成为过去冠状病毒复兴正在华盛顿精英的小圈子里蔓延。
周四，众议院议长南希·佩洛西成为最新一位备受瞩目的华盛顿要人新冠肺炎病毒检测呈阳性。
据她的办公室发言人说，82岁的佩洛西目前没有任何症状。
这位发言人周四表示:“议长已经完全接种了疫苗并加强了免疫，他对疫苗提供的强大保护感到欣慰。”。她说佩洛西上个月接受了第二次加强注射。
佩洛西的阳性检测出现在周六参加华盛顿精英Gridiron俱乐部晚宴的个人中的一系列其他阳性病例中。
格里迪龙俱乐部主席汤姆·德弗兰克告诉ABC新闻，截至周四中午，周六晚宴上至少有32名客人的新冠肺炎检测呈阳性。
司法部长梅里克·加兰(Merrick Garland)、商务部长吉娜·雷蒙多(Gina Raimondo)、加利福尼亚州众议员亚当·希夫(Adam Schiff)、得克萨斯州众议员华金·卡斯特罗(Joaquin Castro)以及副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的通讯联络主任贾马尔·西蒙斯(Jamal Simmons)都是出席晚宴的嘉宾，他们在本周宣布自己的检测结果呈阳性。
周四晚些时候，第一夫人吉尔·拜登的新闻秘书，迈克尔·拉罗萨，另一位出席晚宴的人，告诉ABC新闻，他的测试呈阳性。他说他有轻微症状，正在家中隔离。本周早些时候他的测试结果呈阴性。
拉罗萨说，他本周早些时候出去了，并没有决心成为第一夫人或总统的亲密接触者。
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出席晚宴的两名共和党议员之一、缅因州共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯周四晚些时候也宣布，她的检测结果呈阳性。
“参议员科林斯新冠肺炎病毒检测呈阳性，目前有轻微症状。参议员将根据疾病预防控制中心的指导方针进行隔离和远程工作，”她办公室的一份声明说。
德弗兰克说，尽管一些与会者戴着面罩，但大多数客人没有戴口罩。
最近几周，越来越多呈阳性的新冠肺炎感染病例也影响到了美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的核心团队成员，白宫承认，在与随后检测呈阳性的个人举行会议或活动后，发生了许多密切接触。
佩洛西周二在白宫参加了一个活动，她与上个月检测呈阳性的前总统巴拉克·奥巴马以及拜登进行了互动。她周三还出席了白宫的一个活动，在那里她再次与拜登互动。她在两次活动中都没有戴面具，其他出席者也是如此。
当被问及拜登与佩洛西的接触时，白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)周四表示，拜登周三晚上的测试结果为阴性，并坚称拜登不是疾控中心的“密切接触者”，因为他们在15分钟内不在6英尺内。
拜登的妹妹瓦莱丽·拜登·欧文斯(Valerie Biden Owens)也在测试中呈阳性，她也参加了周六的晚宴。她的出版商在周四的一份声明中说，她出现了轻微的症状。
与拜登和哈里斯一起参加周二活动的明尼苏达州众议员安吉·克雷格(Angie Craig)宣布，她周四的测试呈阳性，并出现了轻微症状。
目前还不清楚众议员彼得·德法齐奥。和佐治亚州参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克。周四晚上，两人都宣布他们的检测结果也呈阳性，当时他们都在吃饭。
最近第二次检测呈阳性的普萨基周三告诉记者，白宫继续采取“严格”和“严格”的协议来保护总统免受潜在的感染。
普萨基说:“我们采取了超出CDC协议和要求的额外措施，以确保我们尽一切努力保护校长、总统、副总统和大楼内其他人的安全。”
当美国广播公司新闻部(ABC News)问及白宫是否计划在未来几周每天测试总统时，鉴于华盛顿各地新冠肺炎病例的上升，普萨基表示，这些措施“在这一点上没有必要”
副总统在最近几周也与病毒有过接触。除了西蒙斯本周检测呈阳性外，她的丈夫道格·埃姆霍夫在3月中旬也感染了病毒。
哈里斯的办公室表示，哈里斯将遵循疾病控制和预防中心的指导，该中心建议，正在接种疫苗的个人在与新冠肺炎病毒感染者接触至少五天后进行测试。由于不需要隔离，她将继续她的公共日程。
另外，华盛顿市长穆里尔·布瑟也加入了越来越多的新冠肺炎感染者的行列，周四早上发微博她病毒检测呈阳性。
市长说她正经历“类似过敏的症状”
今年2月，哥伦比亚特区正式结束了全区范围内的口罩强制令。白宫和美国国会大厦迅速跟进，使面部覆盖物成为可选的。
该地区目前正处于“低”社区级别对于新冠肺炎，按照疾病控制中心的标准。
Washington elite faced with a growing resurgence of COVID-19 infections
With masks no longer required and mitigation measures seen by some as a thing of the past, acoronavirusresurgence is spreading among the tight circles of the Washington elite.
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the latest high-profile Washington dignitaryto test positive for COVID-19.
Pelosi, 82, is currently asymptomatic, according to a spokesperson for her office.
“The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided,” the spokesperson said Thursday. She said Pelosi received her second booster shot last month.
Pelosi’s positive test comes amid a flurry of other positive cases among individuals who attended the elite Gridiron Club Dinner in Washington on Saturday.
As of midday Thursday, at least 32 guests at Saturday’s dinner have tested positive for COVID-19, Tom DeFrank, the president of the Gridiron Club, told ABC News.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, and Jamal Simmons, the communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, were among the guests at the dinner who announced this week that they have tested positive.
Late Thursday, first lady Jill Biden's press secretary, Michael LaRosa, another attendee at the dinner, told ABC News he'd tested positive. He said he has mild symptoms and is isolating at home. He tested negative earlier this week.
LaRosa said he was out earlier this week and is not determined to be a close contact of the first lady or president.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, one of two Republican lawmakers to attend the dinner, also announced late Thursday she tested positive.
“Senator Collins has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently experiencing mild symptoms. The Senator will isolate and work remotely in accordance with CDC guidelines," a statement from her office said.
Although some attendees were wearing face coverings, most guests were not wearing masks, DeFrank said.
In recent weeks, a growing number of positive COVID-19 infections have also affected members of President Joe Biden's inner circle, with the White House acknowledging many close calls following meetings or events with individuals who subsequently tested positive.
Pelosi attended an event at the White House on Tuesday where she interacted with former President Barack Obama, who tested positive last month, as well as Biden. She also attended an event at the White House Wednesday where she again interacted with Biden. She was maskless at both events, as were other attendees.
Asked about Biden's contact with Pelosi, White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday said Biden tested negative on Wednesday night and insisted Biden wasn't a CDC "close contact" because they weren't within 6 feet for 15 minutes.
Among those close to Biden who have tested positive is his sister, Valerie Biden Owens, who also attended the dinner Saturday. She is experiencing mild symptoms, her publisher said in a statement on Thursday.
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., who attended the Tuesday event with Biden and Harris, announced she tested positive Thursday and was experiencing mild symptoms.
In was unclear whether Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., both of whom announced Thursday night they had also tested positive were at the dinner.
Psaki, who recently tested positive for a second time, told reporters on Wednesday that the White House continues to take “stringent” and “strict” protocols to protect the president from potential infection.
“We take additional measures that go beyond what the CDC protocols and requirements are to ensure that we are doing everything we can to keep the principals safe, the president, the vice president and others in the building,” Psaki said.
When asked by ABC News whether the White House plans to test the president daily in the coming weeks, given the uptick in COVID-19 cases seen across Washington, Psaki said that such measures have "not deemed to be necessary at this point."
The vice president also had brushes with the virus in recent weeks. In addition to Simmons testing positive this week, her husband Doug Emhoff contracted the virus in mid-March.
Harris will follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends that individuals who are up to date on their vaccinations get tested at least five days after interacting with someone with COVID-19, according to her office. As no quarantine is needed, she will continue with her public schedule.
Separately, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser joined the growing list of those infected with COVID-19,tweeting on Thursday morningthat she had tested positive for the virus.
The mayor said she is experiencing “allergy-like symptoms.”
The District of Columbia in February officially ended its district-wide mask mandate. The White House and the U.S. Capitol quickly followed suit to make face coverings optional.
The district is currently at a“low” community levelfor COVID-19, per CDC standards.
