One of Donald Trump’s close advisers was diagnosed with COVID. This week he traveled with the president

Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, has tested positive for coronavirus, ABC News reports. She was part of a group of advisers who traveled with the president aboard Air Force One on Tuesday to an election debate with Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio.

UPDATE TIME 6.15. President Trump announced Thursday night that he and his first lady, Melania Trump, are in quarantine and will await COVID test results. The announcement was made after the president gave an interview to Fox News.

Your cookie settings do not allow the content of this section to be displayed. You can update the configuration of the coookie modules directly from the browser or from here; you must accept social media cookies

---

Initial novelty:

Hope Hicks discovered she was infected with SARS-CoV-2 after returning from a trip with the President.

Hope Hicks was also aboard Marine One, the presidential helicopter, on Wednesday when it took off from the White House to go to Andrews military base. She was seen climbing into a helicopter along with other close advisers to Donald Trump, including Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino and Jared Kushner, the presidential son-in-law. None of them wore masks, notes ABC News.

“The President takes matters of his own health and safety and those of those with whom he works for himself and the American people very seriously,” Judge Deere, a White House spokesman, said Thursday night. He assured that all the measures recommended by the Center for Disease Control are being taken to limit exposure to the coronavirus both in the White House and during the president’s trips.

However, the White House declined to say whether the president was tested, after Hope Hicks learned he had COVID.

Hicks has been one of Trump’s close associates since the 2016 election campaign. She followed Donald Trump to the White House and became director of communications. She left Fox Corporation in March 2018, also as director of communications, but returned to the White House in February this year to become an advisor. Its direct boss is Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, who holds the rank of senior adviser.

Hicks was chosen by Donald Trump as press secretary in January 2015, when he began his election campaign. The young woman was then only 26 years old. At the time, the young woman was working with Ivanka Trump as a press officer at Trump Corporation.

Editor: Luana Pavaluca