Donald Trump has said that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.
US President Donald Trump has tested positive just a month before the presidential election.
Trump broke out this news via his tweeter accounts;
“We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump tweeted early Friday.
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
And adding further to her husband’s tweet, the first lady, Melania Trump said;
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.
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) October 2, 2020
“We are feeling good and I have postponed all upcoming engagements,” she said.
Trump’s physician’s statement
The president’s physician said that Trump and first lady “are both well at this time” and “plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence”.
“Rest assured, I expect the president to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering,” he added.
Donald’s Election campaign at stake?
According to a report;
“Even if Mr. Trump, 74, remains asymptomatic, he will have to withdraw from the campaign trail and stay isolated in the White House for an unknown period of time.”
The report further added that if he remains sick for a long time, then should it still be okay for him to up for ballot?
Whereas the report noted that the positive test could prove “devastating” to his political fortunes given his months of diminishing the seriousness of the pandemic.