According to the New York Post, the White House is holding meetings on how to reduce the threat of coronavirus infecting Donald Trump, his family and his staff after quietly tightening visitor rules last month.

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the White House has mandated that guests disclose all countries visited in the past 30 days. And further steps are under review by a group led by Tony Ornato, White House deputy chief of staff for operations.

The group was described by one senior administration official as a “task force” that convenes when necessary to address emerging threat situations.

The biggest visible change in the West Wing has been installation of hand sanitizer stations. But the senior official said temperature checks and ending public tours are possible if the crisis worsens — though neither is imminent.

The Ornato-led group is “constantly monitoring and re-evaluating” White House protocols, the official said.

The review follows a significant security change to screen potentially infected visitors.

A different official said that on Feb. 21, the Secret Service began requiring non-pass-holding visitors to the White House complex to submit a list of countries visited in the past 30 days.

The Secret Service and the White House Medical Unit review the information and follow up with people who have visited countries with coronavirus outbreaks.

“It’s not a hard and fast ban, but it lets the medical experts know who to talk to with follow-up questions,” an official said. “People have been very cooperative and understanding, which we appreciate.”

Journalists who do not have a permanent pass and guests entering the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building must supply their travel information as well.

Tourists who visit the White House complete the same form as other visitors, but do so months in advance. It’s unclear if they are being resurveyed as tour dates approach.

Trump, eager to tamp down public and market panics, told about 100 people crowded into the White House briefing room last week that he takes the same precautions as he would against the flu.

“You don’t have to necessarily grab every handrail unless you have to,” Trump said. “You know, you do certain things that you do when you have the flu. I mean, view this the same as the flu. When somebody sneezes — I mean, I try and bail out as much as possible when they’re sneezing.”

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Wash your hands, stay clean, you don’t have to necessarily grab every handrail unless you have to. — View this the same as the flu. When somebody sneezes, I mean, I try and bail out as much as possible when they’re sneezing." 😂 pic.twitter.com/imBYGjcyaL

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 27, 2020

Trump said his rallies are safe to attend, but joked on Wednesday: “I haven’t touched my face in weeks. It’s been weeks. I miss it.”

The White House complex hosts hundreds of well-traveled staff and guests every day, and many aren’t asked for the travel records under the new policy. For example, regular beat reporters with a “hard pass” do not need to list recently visited countries.

Additional measures by White House security are unlikely to be “foolproof,” the first official said.

“We need to weigh the impact to operations against the benefits,” the official said. “For instance, temperature checks won’t catch someone who is asymptomatic or taking ibuprofen for another ailment.”

It’s important to note that Trump has been downplaying the virus, and at a MAGA rally said that fear of the virus is a Democratic “hoax.”

On Wednesday night Trump claimed that people who have the virus can go to work and still get better.

A lot of people will have this and it’s very mild. They’ll get better very rapidly. They don’t even see a doctor. They don’t even call a doctor. You never hear about those people. So you can’t put them down in the category of the overall population in terms of this corona flu and/or virus. So you just can’t do that. So, if you know, we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. Some of them go to work, but they get better.

It’s not a hoax, and even though Trump won’t admit it, his own White House is making sure he’s safe from the virus. If only he cared as much for the American people…