mo4ch:>AIPAC conference-goers ‘potentially’ exposed to coronavirus, Israeli health ministry imposes self-quarantine on returnees | Mo4ch News

A number of attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference may have come in contact with the lethal coronavirus, but none have yet tested positive, according to event organizers.A group of people who traveled to the event from New York “potentially” interacted with an individual carrying the illness prior to the conference, AIPAC President Betsy Berns Korn and Chairman Dr. Mort Fridman said in a statement on Wednesday.“To our knowledge, no one who attended the conference has tested positive for coronavirus at this time,” they said, adding that the attendees in question were now in “self quarantine.”Washington DC health officials said it was a case of “low-risk exposure,” AIPAC went on, noting there was currently no reason to “sound the alarm,” and that the organization simply wanted attendees to be informed of the possible contact.The Israeli Health Ministry, meanwhile, issued new guidelines for the virus on Wednesday, asking that those returning to the c…