“After consistently negative, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for covid-19 this Monday morning without experiencing symptoms,” McEnany said in a statement, adding that he will begin quarantining and will continue to work. remotely.
Despite the diagnosis, Kayleigh McEnany stressed that no journalist or member of the media was identified as a risk contact by the White House medical services. On the other hand, he assured that he was not aware of the positive test of President Hope Hicks’ advisor during a press briefing last Thursday.
However, on Sunday, the President’s spokeswoman held a press conference abroad with reporters without wearing a face mask.
On Friday morning, Donald Trump announced on his personal Twitter page that, like the first lady, Melania, had tested positive for the new coronavirus and would be quarantined. Hours later, he was admitted as a precautionary measure to the Walter Reed Military Hospital.
Republished senators Tom Tilis, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson were also diagnosed with covid-19, as well as campaign director Bill Stepien, former adviser Kellyanne Conway and three journalists accredited to work at the White House.
The list of contagions from the Trump administration could still grow in the coming days, as on September 26, dozens of guests were with the President on the occasion of the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to a place on the Supreme Court.
The images of the ceremony showed the majority of the guests without protective masks and greeting each other with handshakes and hugs.
Meanwhile, the United States First Lady said today that she feels “good” and will continue her recovery at the White House, four days after having tested positive, together with President Donald Trump, for the covid-19 disease.
Since being diagnosed, Melania Trump has remained in the White House. “My family is grateful for all the prayers and support! I feel good and will continue to rest at home “, wrote the American first lady in her official account on the social network Twitter.
“Thanks to the medical teams and caregivers in all units, I will continue to pray for those who are sick or have a family member affected by the virus,” she added.
Last Friday, White House doctor Sean Conley indicated that the 50-year-old first lady had only “a slight cough and a headache.”
“As you may have read, she is a little younger than I am, just a little bit, and therefore we know that the disease, we know how it affects older people compared to young people, and Melania is reacting as is statistically supposed ”Said Donald Trump in a video recorded at Walter Reed Military Hospital and released on Saturday.
The American President is 74 years old and is clinically obese, which puts him at greater risk of serious complications because of the new coronavirus that has infected more than 7 million people to date and killed more than 200,000 in the United States.
On Sunday, the team of doctors accompanying the U.S. President admitted that if Trump continued to improve his health he could be discharged within the next 24 hours.
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