트럼프 최측근 美국가안보보좌관 코로나19 확진…백악관 비상<br /><br />The White House is on alert after National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for COVID-19.<br />However, it says President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are at 'no risk of exposure'.<br />Hong Yoo reports.<br />U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has tested positive for COVID-19,…the first case of a senior White House official contracting the virus.<br />In a statement Monday, the Trump administration said he has mild symptoms and is working in self-quarantine at a secure location off site.<br />It emphasized it's unlikely President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence have been exposed and the work of the National Security Council will continue uninterrupted.<br />But the White House did not provide the details on how and when O'Brien contracted COVID-19 and how many times he had come into contact with President Trump.<br />President Trump said Monday that he has not seen O'Brien recently.<br />"No, I haven't seen him lately, I heard he tested. Yeah, I have not seen him. I'm calling him later."<br />The last time the two were seen in public together was on a trip to Florida on July 10th.<br />O'Brien had recently traveled to the UK, France, Germany, and Italy to meet with their security officials, during which he was seen repeatedly not wearing a mask.<br />Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Monday that O'Brien believes he contracted the virus from his daughter.<br />The White House says staff members are regularly tested but it has not been able to contain the virus within its offices.<br />In early May, the spokesperson for the vice president and a military officer who works as a presidential valet at the White House tested positive.<br />With the most senior White House aide to date contracting COVID-19, the administration is expected to acknowledge the severity of the virus' spread as the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. has surpassed 4-million, with more than 150-thousand deaths.<br />Hong Yoo, Arirang News.<br />
