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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Contracts COVID-19

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WASHINGTON (CBS News) -- White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has tested positive for COVID-19, she announced on Twitter Monday morning, making her the latest senior White House official to contract the coronavirus.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Interview
Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary, speaks during a television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. President Trump's diagnosis of coronavirus roiled Washington today, throwing even more chaos into an already frenetic election year with a month to go until the vote. Photographer: Oliver Contreras/Bloomberg via Getty Images

President Trump is still hospitalized at Walter Reed Military Medical Center with COVID-19.

McEnany spoke with reporters at the White House without a mask as recently as Sunday night.

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First published on October 5, 2020 / 10:15 AM PDT

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