Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
All 2600 guests at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 30 will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, WHCA President, Steven Portnoy, said on Sunday, following an interview by Dr. Anthony Fauci on ABC News.
“You’ve had lots of questions. So here’s an update from me on our COVID-19 mitigation strategy for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Your board voted this morning to augment our existing same-day antigen testing requirement to add a requirement that all dinner attendees be fully vaccinated, as the CDC defines the term,” Portnoy said in an email to WHCA members. “When asked by Jon Karl on ABC this morning whether large scale events such as ours should proceed, Dr. Fauci made a point of suggesting same-day testing in addition to a vaccine requirement.”
