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Trump's advisor O'Brien tests positive for COVID-19

"There is no risk of exposure to the president or the vice president," says White House

By AFP
July 27, 2020
White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien. — AFP/Files 

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's national security advisor, Robert O'Brien, has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House said Monday.

O'Brien, who holds a key role in the administration, "has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site," the White House said in a statement.

"There is no risk of exposure to the president or the vice president," it added.

In May, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, contracted and recovered from COVID-19. Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr, had also tested positive for the virus