White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for COVID-19, she said Monday, making her the latest person in President Trump's orbit to contract the virus.

"After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms. No reporters, producers or members of the press are listed as close contacts by the White House Medical Unit," she said in a statement.

"As an essential worker, I have worked diligently to provide needed information to the American people at this time," she continued. "With my recent positive test, I will begin the quarantine process and will continue working on behalf of the American people remotely."

The press secretary is the latest person close to Trump to test positive for COVID-19. Trump himself tested positive late Thursday and has been undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center since Friday after experiencing symptoms.

Others in the president's circle who have tested positive include one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks; his campaign manager, Bill Stepien; three Republican U.S. senators; and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who assisted Trump with preparation before last week's presidential debate.

Many of those who have tested positive, including McEnany, attended a White House event on Sept. 26 during which Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who has tested negative thus far, acknowledged Friday that there were likely to be more coronavirus cases among White House officials following Trump's diagnosis.

McEnany did not travel with Trump to a fundraiser in New Jersey on Thursday after learning of Hicks's test result, but she denied in her statement that she knew Hicks had tested positive when she spoke to reporters from the briefing room podium on Thursday morning.

The press secretary was seldom spotted wearing a mask for the last several months, even as public health experts said it was one of the most effective ways to limit transmission of COVID-19. After Trump revealed he had tested positive, McEnany was spotted with a mask on waiting for him to depart for the hospital on Marine One.

But on Sunday, McEnany briefly fielded questions on the White House driveway without wearing a face covering

teamsynergy:
Time to take the pandemic more seriously

Racoon:
Trump and others forming invincibility to Coronavirus

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr Make them nor dey tell us again na They should use chloroquine

Kundagarten:
Why is the virus affecting only the Conservatives? This is what happens when idiots belong to the same party.
They should learn to use the mask like the Democrats.

Kundagarten:

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519632-mcenany-tests-positive-for-covid-19

Ovie56:
LOL I mean LOL after months of BLM riots which no one in the media bats an eye about social distancing?
Well she has 99.996 chance of survival according to science.
That said I think Kayleigh is the best Press Secretary ever that woman is amazing she put leftist in their place all the time, shes the 2nd most hated human being in America.

helinues:
Honestly Trump did not handle the Covid situation well.

Him touring the street just to show support for his supporters is another lame attempt cos the car in he was could easily transmit Covid

madridsta007:


The Best I have seen from the last few Presidents.
Puts the radical leftists in their place all the time. They hate her. But we dont care

nameo:


Becos they are irresponsible!
That is what Trump has done to the GOP.

I see some persons supporting Trump here and I laugh. Some of them are against Buhari in Nigeria o

madridsta007:


The Best I have seen from the last few Presidents.
Puts the radical leftists in their place all the time. They hate her. But we dont care

timesup234:
no leftists in America. You are brainwashed. Americans are not communists they are all die hard capitalists imperialists. Keep Marxism outta ya mouth or get spanked!

Ovie56:
You mean with his mask in confined car? get real with a good criticism.