President Donald Trump stands on stage with first lady Melania Trump after the first presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process." Trump's positive test follows news that Hope Hicks, a top adviser and trusted aide, had tested positive for the new coronavirus. "She tested positive and I just went out with a test . Vice President Mike Pence's spokeswoman, Katie Miller, caught the virus in May and Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump campaign finance chair and girlfriend of the president's son Donald Trump Jr., contracted the virus in July.

Source: Irish Independent October 02, 2020 05:29 UTC