BREAKING: Chief Of Staff Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Chief of Staff has tested positive for coronavirus, Reuters report.

Mark Meadows.

A source familiar with the situation told Reuters that the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who has frequently appeared at public events without wearing a mask, has contracted COVID-19. And it was not quickly clear how or when he was infected.

Meadows regularly accompanied U.S. President Donald Trump on the final frenzied days of the campaign rallies leading up to the presidential election on Tuesday.

Meadows, who was at a White House election night party attended by dozens of Trump allies, is the latest official within Trump’s closest circle to have contracted COVID-19.

Trump, his wife Melania and son Barron all previously contracted the surging coronavirus infection, as has Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien.

The raging coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 240,000 people in America, 9,830,895 have the infection, and 5,694,744 recovered. This is according to COVID-19 data tracker.