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Breaking | Trump, first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus after exposure to aide Hope Hicks

We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately, he tweeted
Hicks travelled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. Photo: AFP
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. Photo: AFP

US President Donald Trump said in a tweet that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19.

The president said they will begin “quarantine and recovery process immediately.”

Trump was tested after Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, also tested positive.

“She did test positive. I just heard about this,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News.

It was unclear from the president’s tweet whether that meant he planned to halt campaigning for re-election. An official White House schedule released less than an hour earlier still listed his plans to meet with supporters in Washington on Friday, then fly to Florida for a campaign rally near Orlando.

Hicks travelled with Trump aboard Air Force One to and from the presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday and to a Minnesota rally on Wednesday. She felt poorly in Minnesota and quarantined aboard the presidential plane on the way home, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump said earlier that he “was surprised” about Hicks’ infection, remarking that she often wears a mask. “She is a very warm person,” he said.

White House counsellor Hope Hicks. Photo: Reuters
White House counsellor Hope Hicks. Photo: Reuters

Hicks is the latest person in Trump’s orbit to contract the virus, which has infected more than 7.2 million Americans and killed more than 200,000. Other senior staff have contracted Covid-19 and recovered including National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, but few spend as much time with the president as Hicks, whose service dates to his 2016 campaign.

Source – south china morning post

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