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.
At least three journalists who work at the White House have tested positive for COVID-19, just hours after President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Senior Trump adviser Hope Hicks, and several others tested positive for the virus on Thursday and Friday.