Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, has tested
positive for the novel coronavirus.
This comes amidst ongoing electioneering activities in the
US.
Reuters reports that Nick Trainer, another top campaign
official, has also tested positive.
Meadows last appeared in the public on Wednesday without a
mask while Donald Trump was delivering a speech and attempting to claim victory
in the US election.
There are currently no details about his condition.
Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, had also tested positive
on October 2 after one of his aides, Hope Hicks, initially tested positive for
the virus.
Barron Trump, the president’s son, also had the virus, as
well as Robert O’Brien, the national security adviser.
Meadows was reported to have spent three nights at Walter
Reed National Medical Center with Trump while he was recovering from COVID-19.
March Short, the chief of staff of the US vice president
Mike Pence, and Kellyanne Conway, the former presidential adviser, were some of
the presidential staff that had also tested positive.
In March, Boris Johnson, prime minister of the UK, tested
positive for COVID-19 and had to be admitted early April, where he was in the
intensive care unit. He survived.
Brazil’s president has tested for COVID-19 twice but
recovered from the disease on both occasions.
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