Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for President Kovid-19 Tweeted On sunday.
The former mayor of New York City and Giuliani are leading Trump’s efforts to reverse his election defeat by Joe Biden, through lawsuits of war states.
Trump did not specify when testing Giulia positively or if he was experiencing symptoms. Giuliani did not immediately comment. Citing an unnamed source, the New York Times reported that Giuliani was being treated at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC.
“Rudy Giuliani, the greatest mayor ever in the history of the NYC and who has worked tirelessly to expose the most corrupt election in the history of the USA (so far!), Has tested positive for the China virus,” Trump said. Tweeted, Using the term racist for coronavirus.
“Rudy get well soon, we’ll move on !!!”
Ziuliani was interviewed on Fox News just hours before Trump made the announcement. He appeared in good spirits while sharing baseless allegations of election fraud during a 10-minute interview.
However, Giuliani is at high risk of complications from the virus due to his age, traveling frequently after the election, often appearing in public without a mask.
Last week, he appeared masquerade before state legislators in Michigan, to challenge the state vote. On Thursday, he spoke again without a mask in a crowded assembly session at the Georgia Capitol building.
In the Michigan session, Giuliani asked A witness to remove her mask so that the audience could hear her better, although she refused.
Giuliani has repeatedly come across people who tested positive, including his son, Andrew.
White House staffer, Andrew Giuliani Said on November 20th He tested positive for the virus and was in quarantine with mild symptoms.
Trump himself contracted Kovid-19 in October, spending three days in a hospital near Washington DC.
At least 40 people in the presidential orbit have tested positive since the end of September, including First Lady Melania Trump, her son Baron, Donald Trump Jr. and senior aides and Republican politicians.
Vaccines are on the verge of approval for use but the epidemic has escalated in recent months, as Trump has faced criticism for apparently giving up the fight for control.
Johns Hopkins University reported 213,875 new cases in the U.S. on Saturday. Thanks to X-Giving travel and gatherings, the full impact of which, according to experts, is not yet clear, although the figures have worsened, there have been 2,254 new deaths, bringing the total number of deaths in the U.S. to 280,979 from about 14.6 million cases. The seven-day average death toll from Covid-19 has risen to more than 2,000.
Trump has repeatedly beaten the coronavirus and resisted public health guidelines to prevent the spread of the disease.
As Christmas approaches, the White House is hosting a string of holiday parties with large crowds inside the house. A photo of a party on Tuesday showed people without masks that they were involved in the festivities.
On Sunday, Deborah Burks, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, was questioned about the contradiction between Trump’s actions and comments and public health guidance.
Berks told NBC’s Meat Press: “I’ve heard community members parrot those situations, masks that don’t work, parrots back, parrots that we should work towards herd immunity, portfolios or super-spread events from gatherings. Not. ” .
“And I think our job is to tell them it’s legends.”