United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross testifies about the fiscal year 2021 budget during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Trade, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 5 2020.
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United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has been hospitalized due to health reasons unrelated to the coronavirus, according to a Commerce Department spokesman.
“Secretary Ross has been admitted to the hospital for minor non-coronavirus problems. He is doing well and we anticipate his release soon,” according to a statement obtained by NBC News.
Ross started working remotely when the coronavirus began to spread in the United States. The former banker and private equity investor worked from his Florida home in late March.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside office hours.
The 82-year-old man is the oldest member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Health authorities have warned that the elderly are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus, which has infected more than 3.7 million people in the United States, the most affected country in the world.
Ross is one of the key business voices in the Trump administration. Their job is to make sure that American employers and businesses have the tools necessary to create jobs and business opportunities.
During his 55-year financial career, he helped restructure more than $ 400 of assets in a wide range of businesses related to the aviation, apparel, banking, real estate, restaurant, shipyard, steel, textile and truck industries.
– CNBC’s Lauren Hirsch and Elisabeth Butler Cordova contributed to this report.
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