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(From L to R) Donald Trump and Melania Trump in 2019. Image Credit: Xinhua/UNI

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Oct 02, 2020, at 04:16 pm

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the country Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19.

The US President informed on micro-blogging site Twitter.

He tweeted, "Tonight, the First Lady of the United States and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!"

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

Earlier Trump had decided to quarantine himself after one of his closest aides tested positive for Novel Coronavirus.

The US President had 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!"

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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

The United States is the worst Coronavirus-affected country in the world with 72,77,759 positive cases so far.

In terms of Covid-19 toll too, the United States is at the top with 2,07,789 deaths.

#DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #USPresident #USFirstLady #COVID19

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