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- US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania contracted the corona virus.
- Trump announced this on Twitter.
“We will begin our quarantine and recovery immediately. We will get through it together, “Trump wrote on Friday night (local time) on Twitter.
Melania also announced that she and Trump had tested positive for Covid-19. They felt good, the first lady stressed on Twitter.
Earlier, Trump had confirmed that his close adviser Hope Hicks had tested positive for the virus. There have been corona infections in the vicinity of Trump. However, Hicks spent a lot of time with Trump and First Lady Melania.
According to constant media reports, the adviser flew to Cleveland with Trump on Tuesday on the Air Force One presidential plane for the televised debate, where Trump met with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden. On Wednesday, he traveled to Minnesota for an election campaign appearance.
Said to have traveled to Cleveland with Trump on Air Force One on Tuesday: Advisor Hope Hicks.
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He is not the first infected person in the White House.
In early May, it emerged that US Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, had been infected. In late July, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive.
The United States is in the final stretch of the November 3 elections, in which Donald Trump is running for a second term. The incumbent president did not generally wear a mask in public, justifying it by the fact that he and his entourage were regularly tested for the corona virus.
The virus continues to proliferate
The corona pandemic is not yet under control in the US More than 7.2 million infections have been detected since the pandemic began. More than 207,000 people died.
