US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for Covid-19
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for coronavirus. The 74-year-old US President tweeted at five to one in the morning (US time): “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” […]
United States President Donald Trump has announced that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for coronavirus.
The 74-year-old US President tweeted at five to one in the morning (US time): “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”
First Lady Melania tweeted: “As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe & we will all get through this together.”
Earlier on Thursday evening, Trump had said that he and his wife would be entering the ‘quarantine process’ after one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks, tested positive for coronavirus. Hicks had accompanied Trump on his trips this week, including to the Presidential Debate, and on Air Force One. During the latest trip she began feeling unwell and was tested. She received her positive results on Thursday morning.
As they had been in close contact, the President and First Lady were subsequently tested. As an ‘essential worker’, it is believed that President Trump will continue to work from home. On Thursday, Trump had said that the end of the Pandemic was now in sight.
Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020