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The news that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, suffers from coronavirus, generates uncertainty, just a month before the presidential elections on November 3.
The electoral process is in the final stages but Trump is in quarantine.
His personal physician announced that the US president “will remain inside the White House during his” recovery.
How long this “recovery” will last is unknown and will depend on the severity of the presidential couple’s illness.
Even if Trump wins in 14 days, he will almost certainly not be able to participate in rallies in three key states, Wisconsin, Florida and Arizona, or in the upcoming debate on October 15.
If Donald Trump gets seriously ill and unable to run for president, Vice President Mike Pence will be called up to take over.
At this time it is unknown if the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, has contracted the coronavirus.
According to CNN medical analyst Jonathan Rainer, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi should be isolated because both Trump and Pence could become seriously ill.
In that case, Pelosi might have to run for president, according to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
This stipulates that the President of Parliament and the President pro tempore of the Senate are next after the Vice President and precede the members of the government, among whom the first rank is the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
It is also unknown for how long Trump, Melania and counselor Hope Hicks (patient 0 of the Presidential Infection Core) have been carriers of the coronavirus and with which members of the White House staff they have come in contact.
According to the World Health Organization, symptoms usually occur 5 to 6 days after infection, but symptoms may appear after 14 days. Hope Hicks reportedly showed symptoms on Wednesday, September 30.
With information from The Guardian / ΑΠΕ
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