White House counselor Hope Hicks has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19
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- Hope Hicks, a White House counselor to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for COVID-19, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and CNN reported Thursday.
- The reports said Hicks traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the first presidential debate Tuesday between him and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
- Hicks is one of the closest adivsors to Trump's to have tested positive for COVID-19. She has reportedly told some people close to her that she is experiencing symptoms of the disease, according to Bloomberg.
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Hope Hicks, counselor to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, sources told Bloomberg News, The New York Times, and CNN on Thursday.
The outlets reported that Hicks traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the first debate Tuesday between him and the Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request from Business Insider for comment.
"The president takes the health and safety of himself and everyone who works in support of him and the American people very seriously," White House spokesman Judd Deere told The New York Times, while refusing to comment on Hicks' condition.
"White House Operations collaborates with the Physician to the President and the White House Military Office to ensure all plans and procedures incorporate current C.D.C. guidance and best practices for limiting Covid-19 exposure to the greatest extent possible both on complex and when the president is traveling," Deere said.
According to Bloomberg, Hicks has told people close to her that she is experiencing some symptoms of the disease, which has infected more than 7 million Americans and killed nearly 208,000.
Hicks was not wearing a mask Tuesday when she rode in a staff van with White House adviser Stephen Miller, Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, and some others, Bloomberg reported. Miller and Hicks also reportedly shared an umbrella when they exited Air Force One that day.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, and US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien were all seen deplaning from Air Force One in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, according to Daily Mail reporter Nikki Schwab.
Hicks traveled with Trump to Cleveland, according to CNN, and also attended a Trump rally in Minnesota on Wednesday.
Hicks is one of several people in the president's orbit who tested positive for COVID-19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in March.
The US is currently the biggest hotspot for the virus and makes up 20% of global deaths while making up just 4% of the world's population.
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