Trump tests negative for virus
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, his physician said, following concerns over his exposure to a disease that has paralysed the globe.
Trump agreed to the test after coming in contact with several members of a Brazilian presidential delegation visiting his Florida resort who have since tested positive for the virus.
“This evening I received confirmation that the test is negative,” the president’s physician Sean Conley said in a Saturday memo.
Trump, 73, had dismissed concerns over his exposure to the disease which has killed at least 51 Americans and upended the rhythm of daily life across the country, with millions working from home and schools shut.
At least five Brazilians who travelled with President Jair Bolsonaro on a US visit including meetings with his counterpart Donald Trump, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials and media reports said Saturday.
The far-right leader’s four-day trip to south Florida, which included a swanky dinner last Saturday at a Trump golf resort, had a surprise outcome: it appears to have become an infection cluster in the coronavirus pandemic.
Bolsonaro’s lawyer, Karina Kufa, and Senator Nelsinho Trad announced their positive test results on Twitter. The Brazilian embassy in Washington tweeted that Bolsonaro’s appointee for ambassador to the US, Nestor Forster, was infected as well.
A businessman who was on the trip has also tested positive, asking that his identity not be revealed. Numerous members of the Brazilian delegation are still awaiting test results, including FM Ernesto Araujo.