United States President Donald Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday.
IMAGE: US President Donald Trump applauds first lady Melania Trump during an event on reopening schools amid the coronavirus in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC. Photograph: Reuters
“Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” President Trump tweeted.
Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that his senior aide Hope Hicks was tested COVID-19 positive.
Hicks had travelled with the president on Air Force One early this week.
The development is likely to bring to standstill his hectic election campaign.
Several White House staffers have tested positive with COVID-19 in recent months, including the National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien and Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary.
