BREAKING: Trump’s chief of staff infected with Coronvirus

President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for Covid-19, CNN reported late Friday, citing two White House officials.

Meadows, 61, had told people he had coronavirus after the election, the report said, adding that it was unclear when he first tested positive.

It wasn’t immediately clear when Meadows learned that he had contracted the virus or whether he had developed symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. He informed a close circle of advisers after Tuesday’s election, one of the people said.

Meadows didn’t respond to multiple requests for comment. White House spokespeople didn’t respond to numerous e-mails and phone messages requesting comment.

At least four low-level White House aides and a senior Trump campaign aide, Nick Trainer, are also infected, according to people familiar with the matter. Trainer and campaign spokespeople declined to comment.

Meadows has remained involved in Trump’s post-election effort to challenge votes in several states where he trails former Vice President Joe Biden, according to one person familiar with the matter.

Some White House aides were aware earlier in the week that Meadows had become infected but were told to keep it quiet, several people said.

The chief of staff was at the Trump campaign headquarters with the president on Tuesday without a mask, and returned on Wednesday also without a mask, two people familiar with the situation said.

The people familiar with the matter asked not to be identified because the cases had not been announced.