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DONALD Trump’s campaign has plunged into chaos after at least ten people in the president’s inner circle became infected with coronavirus following a dreaded ‘super spread event’ at the White House.
The president confirmed in the early hours of Friday morning that he and his wife Melania tested positive for Covid-19.
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Five other attendees also tested positive after an event for Trump’s Supreme Court-elected Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Rose Garden of the White House last week.
Hours after he was airlifted to the Marine One presidential helicopter hospital, Trump tweeted: “I’m doing fine I think! Thank you all. LOVE !!!”
Trump, 74, was dramatically airlifted to the hospital following reports that he was “struggling to breathe” after experiencing coronavirus symptoms.
Other members of Trump’s election campaign team, including close advisers Kellyanne Conway and Hope Hicks, have also come under fire from the killer virus in fear that more could get sick.
Saturday’s ‘superpreader event’ drew roughly 100 guests, many of whom have been seen in clips without face masks or hugs.
POSITIVE TESTS
Utah Sen. Mike Lee and North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis also announced Friday that they had tested positive and were isolating.
Lee sat just two rows behind Mike Pence at the event, but the vice president tested negative on Friday.
The president of the University of Notre Dame, John Jenkins, has also been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien was confirmed to have the virus on Friday, Politico reported.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Saturday Announced tested positive for COVID-19.
Nicholas Luna, who works as Trump’s personal assistant, was also confirmed to have coronavirus on Saturday, sources said. Bloomberg.
Another person at the event, an anonymous journalist, was also confirmed to have tested positive, ABC reported.
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However, some attendees have confirmed his negative status, including Attorney General Bill Barr.
Barrett herself also tested negative on Friday, and the White House said NBC that she is “following CDC guidance” by socially distancing herself, covering her face and washing her hands.
Officials also told the Washington Post that the attorney was diagnosed with the coronavirus this summer and has since recovered.
However, it is possible to contract the disease twice, according to a WebMD study.
Barrett will have to stay in quarantine for 10 days after meeting in person with Lee, who tested positive on Friday, the LA Times reported.
The test results have raised fears that the White House, or even Trump himself, may have further spread the virus.
Trump’s spokesman, Jason Miller, also tested positive for coronavirus.
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Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson also tested positive Saturday morning, and his office said he came into contact with an infected person in Washington DC sometime after September 29.
Trump was rushed to the hospital yesterday in the Marine One presidential helicopter and then tweeted: “I think it’s going well! Thank you all. Love!!!”
It’s going well, I think! Thank you all. LOVE!!!”
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After Trump was reported to be “struggling to breathe,” White House physician Sean P Conley said Trump was given a dose of Remdesivir.
Remdesivir, which is used to treat Ebola, SARS, and hepatitis C, is an antiviral drug designed to interfere with the virus’s ability to copy its genetic material.
Conley said in an update late Friday that Trump was “very well” and “does not need supplemental oxygen.”
Trump’s diagnosis came during an already turbulent period in Washington and around the world, with the United States locked in a heated presidential election amid the human and economic toll of the virus.
All of the president’s immediate campaign events were canceled and his next debate with Democrat Joe Biden, scheduled for Oct. 15, is now in doubt.
VIRUS SPREAD
Trump has been trying all year and through Wednesday to convince the American public that the worst of the pandemic is over, and he has always downplayed concerns about being personally vulnerable.
For the most part, he has refused to abide by basic public health guidelines, including those issued by his own administration, such as covering his face in public and practicing social distancing.
Until he tested positive, he continued to hold campaign rallies that drew thousands of supporters, often without a mask.
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Trump is reported to be “very tired, very fatigued and having some trouble breathing.”
A White House official insisted that Trump is “fatigued” but is not “deteriorating.”
The official told CNN that the public should not be concerned and that Trump is taking this “very seriously.”
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