Breaking: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she has tested positive for COVID-19, days after US President Donald Trump's diagnosis.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she has tested positive for COVID-19, days after US President Donald Trump's diagnosis.
McEnany, who frequently interacts with senior White House officials, said that she was beginning the quarantine process and "will continue working on behalf of the American People remotely".She joins a growing list of infected Trump associates that includes first lady Melania Trump, at least two White House aides who travel with the President and three Republican senators.
The announcement came as White House officials said they were hopeful that President Trump would be discharged later on Monday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, where he was being treated.White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows said a decision on whether to release Trump would be made after a late-morning meeting with doctors.
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