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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 and is not contagious to others, the White House doctor said on Monday, 10 days after Trump announced he had contracted the coronavirus.
In a memo released by the White House just hours before Trump resumed campaign rallies, Dr. Sean Conley said the president had tested negative on consecutive days using an Abbott lab.
Conley said the negative tests and other clinical and laboratory data “indicate a lack of detectable viral replication.”
Trump’s medical team had determined that, according to data and guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The president is not contagious to others,” Conley said.
Trump returns to the election campaign Monday night with a rally in Sanford, Florida, the first since he revealed on Oct. 2 that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Critics blame Trump for failing to encourage supporters at campaign events, and even White House staff, to wear protective masks and adhere to social distancing guidelines. At least 11 close associates of Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Chris Reese and Bill Berkrot)
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