Washington : US President Donald Trump has tested Corona positive. The test of his wife Melania Trump has also come positive. Both are now quarantined. The President’s advisor Hope Hicks accompanied her from Air Force One to the first presidential debates in Cleveland and was later found Corona positive.
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
Trump had reported that Hicks was positive and told that he and First Lady Melania had undergone a corona test. Trump was quarantined immediately after Hicks was found positive and his test results were awaited. Trump later said on Twitter, “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”
Earlier Trump 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!”
Trump, who faced criticism due to the Corona situation in the US, told Fox News in an interview, “She tested corona positive. She is hardworking. She always wears masks but still she tested Covid19 positive.” At the same time, the White House issued a statement that the President takes the health and safety of himself and the people working in his support and the people of America very seriously.