Ten people in the president’s ‘camp’ have now tested positive for coronavirus, including his campaign manager, Bill Stepien, and his campaign adviser, Chris Christie.
Seven of them attended an event last weekend in the White House Rose Garden where President Trump announced his pick to be the next Supreme Court justice, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
Yesterday – before testing positive – Governor Christie told US media that no one had been wearing masks when he and others sat down with Trump to prepare for Tuesday’s televised debate with Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden.
“No one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping the president during that period of time. And the group was about five or six people, in total,” he said.
They reportedly included his aide Hope Hicks – believed to be the first to show symptoms – and Mr Stepien.
Hicks, who reportedly started feeling symptoms on Wednesday, tested positive the next day.