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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, is infected with the new coronavirus, along with the first lady Melania Trump. The information was provided by the head of state through the social network Twitter. “Tonight, Melania and I tested positive for covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. Together we will overcome this, “wrote Donald Trump, on the social network Twitter.
Melania Trump also confirmed on Twitter that the couple is infected. “As many Americans have done this year, Donald Trump and I are self-quarantined at home after a positive covid-19 test. We feel good and we have postponed all the commitments of the next times. Please make sure you’re safe and we’ll get through it together. “
The president’s doctor, Sean Conley, has already confirmed that the two are infected and that they “plan to stay home inside the White House” during convalescence, without saying, however, whether the couple have symptoms of the disease. “The White House medical team and I will be attentive and I appreciate the support provided by some of the best medical professionals and institutions in our country. Rest assured, I hope that the President continues to carry out his functions without interruption during the recovery, and I will keep you informed of any future developments, “he stressed in an official statement quoted by The New York Times.
At 74, Trump is one of the risk groups for covid-19. According to the American newspaper, approximately eight out of ten deaths attributed to the disease in the United States were registered in citizens over 65 years of age.
The isolation that Trump must now fulfill comes to condition his campaign for the presidential elections on November 3, in which the Republican candidate faces Democrat Joe Biden at the polls, with whom he debated on Tuesday.
Infected Presidential Advisor
Hours before this announcement, Trump had claimed to have retested COVID-19, but was still unaware of the result after a nearby employee confirmed he was infected. Hope Hicks, a presidential adviser, was aboard Air Force One with the president of the United States on a flight to Cleveland on Tuesday to participate in the election debate with the Democratic candidate for the White House, Joe Biden. The adviser also traveled with Trump to the state of Minnesota on Wednesday, where a campaign meeting was held.
“Hope Hicks, who has been working hard without even taking a break, just tested positive for COVID-19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are awaiting the results of the test. Until then, we will begin our quarantine process, ”Trump said in a cheep. “I spend a lot of time with Hope, and also the First Lady. She’s amazing.”
The US president, who had already revealed several times in a press conference that both he and his closest associates are regularly tested on covid-19, has had a busy travel schedule in recent weeks. In the presidential campaign, Trump held rallies with thousands of people in various cities and states in the United States, despite constant warnings from public health professionals against holding events with large crowds.
Trump contracts covid-19 after long months of mitigating the threat of the new coronavirus in the US, where the disease has already killed more than 200,000 Americans, becoming precisely one of the issues that the Democratic opposition has explored during the campaign for the presidential.
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