In a prerecorded address for the Republican National Convention released August 27, 2020, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks inside an empty Mellon Auditorium August 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has tested positive for the coronavirus, a spokesperson told CNBC on Monday.
The news came less than a week after it was revealed that President Donald Trump‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows had also tested positive for Covid-19.
The White House hosted an in-person, indoors party on election night last Tuesday. Meadows had attended the event, and Carson was also there, according to ABC News and other outlets.
Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate, is a member of the White House coronavirus task force.
The White House has come under heavy criticism for hosting large gatherings on its grounds in the midst of a pandemic. Numerous officials and others who work there, including Trump himself, have tested positive for the virus in just the past two months.
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