Trump and his wife test positive for coronavirus

An hour after the US President announced that he would have to quarantine himself after his aide, Hope Hicks, tested positive for the coronavirus, Donald Trump announced that he and his wife had also been infected with the coronavirus.

Donald Trump tweeted that he and his wife, Melania Trump, had been tested for the coronavirus and were awaiting their test results following Hope Hicks' positive COVID-19 test.

The US President emphasized in this tweet that he and his wife would begin the quarantine process.

Now, Mr. Trump has announced in another tweet that he and his wife, Melania, have also tested positive for coronavirus.

He wrote in this tweet that he and his wife will immediately begin quarantine and "together we will overcome this disease."

Meanwhile, some news sources in the US have raised the possibility that Mike Pence, Donald Trump's vice president, should also go into quarantine, as he has been with Mr. Trump for the past two days and there is a possibility that he will also test positive.

A White House source had previously announced that Hope Hicks, a senior adviser to the US President, had tested positive for coronavirus.

According to Reuters, Hope Hicks traveled to the presidential debate site in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday with Donald Trump and other senior White House officials on the presidential plane, Air Force One.

In this context, television images show that Hope Hicks was with the US President in the helicopter that took Donald Trump from the White House.

The Associated Press also says that Hope Hicks is a close aide to Donald Trump and has accompanied the US President on many trips.

Meanwhile, some reports suggest that Hope Hicks traveled to Minnesota with the US president after Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a campaign rally. According to the report, Hope Hicks showed symptoms of COVID-19 upon returning to Washington on Wednesday.

Hope Hicks is currently quarantined at home.

Previously, a number of Donald Trump's senior aides had also been infected with the coronavirus, but the US President had not quarantined himself.

According to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, those who have been exposed to the coronavirus or someone infected with the virus must quarantine themselves for 14 days.

Source: Radio Farda