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US President Donald Trump announced that he and his wife Melania were infected with the Corona virus after they underwent tests that came back positive.
Trump said Thursday night that he will self-quarantine pending the release of his Corona virus test results, after a Corona test result from one of his close advisers came back positive, according to the Agence. France-Presse.
Trump wrote on Twitter: “Tonight the First Lady and I tested positive for coronavirus, and we will begin the quarantine period immediately. We will get out of this together! “It did not specify how long it will remain in quarantine, at a time when public health experts recommend a period of up to 14 days.
“Both (Trump and Melania) are doing well right now and plan to stay home in the White House during the quarantine period,” said Trump’s doctor, Sean Conley.
After announcing his injury, Trump canceled a Florida campaign festival from his show on Friday. He was scheduled to hold a campaign rally at Florida’s Sanford airport on Friday night, but his updated schedule is limited to a midday phone call on “supporting the elderly against Covid-19.”
Meanwhile, stock prices fell on the U.S. futures market, the Dow Jones index fell 1.7 percent, the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index 1.6 percent, while the yen rose. against the dollar.
Trump also announced via Fox News that the Covid-19 test results for his close adviser, Hope Hicks, were positive. Hicks was on Air Force One with the president of the United States when he traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday to participate in the debate with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. She also traveled with him on Wednesday when he visited Minnesota at a rally.
“They are working very hard,” Trump said. He often wears a mask, but his test results are positive, “and noted that he spends” a lot of time with Hope, just like the first lady.
Hicks joined the real estate mogul’s campaign team in early 2016 and is part of the president’s inner circle.
