The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, took to Twitter to announce that he and the First Lady of the USA Melania Trump have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus.
“Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”, he said.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311892190680014849?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwOnly a couple of hours ago, Trump had tweeted, “Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!”.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1311859538279239686?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwHope Hicks, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing symptoms, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Hicks travels regularly with the president on Air Force One and accompanied him to Cleveland for the presidential debate earlier this week along with other senior aides.
The White House said in a statement that Trump “takes the health and safety of himself and everyone who works in support of him and the American people very seriously” and that it followed guidelines for limiting COVID-19 exposure to the greatest extent possible.