Donald Trump may be forced into isolation after one of his closest aides tested positive to coronavirus.
Hope Hicks, who serves as counsellor to the president, is in regular close contact with Mr Trump, and travelled on Air Force One with him to the debate on Tuesday.
Bloomberg has just reported that Ms Hicks has tested positive to COVID-19.
Her infection could have serious ramifications for the White House.
Numerous photos posted in recent days have shown Ms Hicks in close contact with other White House staff, none of whom are wearing masks.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFVhm_PlFyz/In this photo posted five days ago, Ms Hicks is seen within 1.5 metres of top White House staffers like Dan Scavino and Stephen Miller.
Her infection could force other White House staff, including the president himself, into isolation a month before election day.
As an obese man in his 70s, Mr Trump has several co-morbidities which would make contracting COVID-19 a serious health threat.
"The president takes the health and safety of himself and everyone who works in support of him and the American people very seriously," the White House said in a statement.
"White House Operations collaborates with the physician to the President and the White House Military Office to ensure all plans and procedures incorporate current CDC guidance and best practices for limiting COVID-19 exposure to the greatest extent possible, both on complex and when the president is travelling."
Ms Hicks has been the longest-serving aide in the Trump circle, joining the Trump Organisation in 2014.
She began as a model for Ivanka Trump's fashion line, then started working directly for Mr Trump later that year.
She then became campaign press secretary, then White House communications director.
She resigned from the White House in March 2018, then returned in February this year.
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