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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Thursday night that he tested positive for Covid-19 with the First Lady, Melania, after undergoing the test for the contagion of one of his main advisers.
“Tonight we tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will overcome it together! ”The President announced on Twitter.
The President’s physician, Sean Conley, reported through a memo to the government’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, that Trump and the first lady “are doing well at the moment and plan to stay at their residence inside the White House for his convalescence ”.
“The White House medical team and I will keep a watchful eye and I appreciate the support provided by some of the best medical professionals and institutions in our country. Please be assured that I hope the President continues to fulfill his duties without interruption while he recovers, and I will keep you informed, ”the official document ends.
Earlier, Trump announced on Fox News that his adviser Hope Hicks tested positive for the coronavirus, so together with Melania they had undergone tests and immediately started a quarantine, anticipating that the results would be tonight or tomorrow.
Hope Hicks, 31, was aboard Air Force One with the Head of State as he headed to Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday for the first debate against his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Hicks also traveled with the President on Wednesday, when he was going to a campaign rally in Minnesota.
Consulted moments before by the France Presse news agency, a White House spokesman, Judd Deere, had neither confirmed nor denied that information, and simply said that the president took his health “very seriously” as well as that of “all those who work for him ”.
But later it was Donald Trump himself who confirmed the situation.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the US President, the White House and his campaign for re-election have tried to downplay the threat of the disease and have refused to comply with basic public health guidelines, including those issued by his own government. , like wearing masks in public and practicing social distancing. Instead, the Republican leader has continued with his campaign rallies, which attract thousands of supporters, in a context in which the virus has already killed more than 200,000 Americans.
