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Washington Monument closed down after Interior Secretary tests positive for COVID-19 Joey Garrison, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON  Federal officials closed the Washington Monument to visitors on a temporary basis beginning Friday after U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who led a private tour of the monument this week, tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Interior Department spokesman Nicholas Goodwin confirmed the closure, which the Washington Post first reported. He said a couple employees at the monument were forced to quarantine as as result of Bernhardt s positive test, prompting the decision.   As we do in all circumstances when an employee attests to having COVID-19, he said, the department worked with public health officials to follow proper guidelines such as identifying close contacts and cleaning areas as appropriate.

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