A second Trump administration aide has tested positive for coronavirus this week.
, becoming the second administration aide this week to test positive for the disease just as the White House has sought to project a return to normalcy across America.
At the White House, Trump also identified the ill staffer as"Katie" during a roundtable discussion with congressional Republicans on Friday. “The person who tested positive was not on the plane and not scheduled to be on the trip,” the official said. Trump said Friday that the valet was in the same room with him on Tuesday, the day the Navy employee started exhibiting symptoms. But Trump said he does not recall any direct contact with the aide.
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