Donald Trump’s chief of staff hires Covid-19 TheJournal.ie

US President Donald Trump, Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows have been diagnosed with coronavirus.

Two senior administration officials confirmed that Meadows had tested positive for the virus, which has killed more than 236,000 Americans so far this year.

Meadows traveled with Trump in the run-up to Election Day and last appeared in public Wednesday morning, unmasked, when Trump falsely declared victory in the vote count.

He had been one of Trump’s closest associates when the president contracted the virus more than a month ago, but was tested daily and kept his regular work hours.

It marked the last case of the virus in the West Wing, which came less than a fortnight after Marc Short, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff and other aides tested positive for the virus.

Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and at least two dozen others tested positive for the virus in early October, after Trump held large gatherings of people not wearing face masks, including the ceremony at which the nomination of the now Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme. Cut.

Trump has repeatedly said that the nation is “turning around” the pandemic.

Covid-19 cases in the US have risen more than 50% in the last two weeks, and the seven-day moving average for new daily cases increased from 61,166 on October 22 to 94,625 on November 5.