Pennsylvania Senator Doug Mastriano learned of the coronavirus infection during a meeting with US President Donald Trump reports Associated Press citing an anonymous source.
Mastriano arrived at the White House with fellow Republican Party members from Pennsylvania. It is noted that the meeting at the residence took place after the senator took part in another event where he did not wear a mask. As soon as the politician found out that the result of his test for coronavirus was positive, he left the meeting. It continued after the departure of the politician.
According to AP, Trump has already talked to Mastriano and promised to provide him with help. The medical staff will also take care of the senator’s son and friend, who were also present at the White House meeting – their COVID-19 tests are also positive.
The American leader contracted the coronavirus in October. His wife Melania also tested positive. A few days later, the president was found to have antibodies to infection, after a while Trump reported that he recovered from the coronavirus and gained immunity. Later, it became known that the politician’s youngest son Barron had a coronavirus, he suffered from COVID 19 is asymptomatic.