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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced early this Friday that he, and the first lady, Melania Trump, have tested positive for coronavirus.
“Tonight the first lady and I have tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. Together we will get through it!” Trump said on Twitter.
In a later statement, the presidential physician, Sean Conley, detailed that “the president and the first lady are doing well at the moment and they plan to remain at home in the White House during convalescence. “
Melania Trump, precisely, also said that both she and her husband are doing well.
“Like too many Americans this year, the President and I are self-quarantined at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We feel good and I have postponed all my upcoming commitments. Please, make sure you’re careful and we’ll all get through it together“, he claimed.
Trump and his wife were tested after they met this Thursday the positive from one of the president’s closest advisers, Hope Hicks.
Hicks, 31, traveled several times this week aboard Air Force One with Trump, the last this Wednesday to Minnesota, where the president had a campaign rally. TThey also traveled together on Tuesday to Cleveland (Ohio) for the presidential debate and on Saturday to Pennsylvania for another rally.
US media reported that the adviser experienced symptoms of coronavirus on the flight back to Washington from Minnesota, was quarantined on the presidential plane and this Thursday her positive for COVID-19 was confirmed.
Hicks was seen without a mask at different times during these trips, the same as Trump, who does not wear a mask in public.
Trump acknowledged his positive for coronavirus two hours after announcing that he and the first lady were beginning a “quarantine process” due to Hicks’ positive.
“Hope Hicks, who has been working very hard without even taking a little break, just tested positive for COVID-19. Terrible! The first lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, We will begin our quarantine process! “said the president.
After confirming the positive, the White House modified Trump’s agenda for this Friday by suspending the acts he had planned outside the White House, which included a meeting with supporters at his Washington hotel and a rally in Sanford, near Orlando, Florida.
Trump’s positive has a full impact on the US presidential campaign, whose elections are scheduled for next November 3.
good wishes
When the news broke, several world leaders sent messages of recovery to the US president and his wife.
“Best wishes to President Trump and the First Lady. I hope they both have a speedy recovery from the coronavirus, “British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote in a message posted on his personal Twitter account.
He Kremlin also dHe gave “a quick and easy” to the US president.
“Of course, we wish President Trump a quick and easy recovery,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said at his daily press conference.
The Colombian President Iván Duque wished a “speedy recovery” to his North American counterpart. “Upon the news of having been diagnosed as positive for Covid19, we express our solidarity to the President of the United States Donald Trump and the First Lady, Melania Trump. We wish them a speedy recovery.”
The German Chancellor, Angela Noticel, also sent a message: “I send my best wishes to Donald and Melania Trump. I hope they cope well with the coronavirus infection and that they will soon be totally well, “the spokesman for the German Executive, Steffen Seibert, wrote on behalf of the Chancellor on his Twitter account.
The President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in said: “My wife and I, along with all the South Korean people, wish the president and the first lady to recover quickly.”
“We would also like to send words of sincere support to his family and the American people,” Moon added in his message, released by the South Korean presidential office.
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