11:40 AM
Friday 02 October 2020
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I wrote – Hoda El-Shimi:
US President Donald Trump announced early today, Friday, that he and his wife Melania were infected with the new Corona virus, in an extraordinary development of the largest health crisis facing the world, and in the final stage of his re-election campaign, in which he did not respect expert guidance on preventing the spread of the disease.
CNN said that Trump’s diagnosis of coronavirus is the most serious health threat facing a US president in office in decades.
The American Network drew attention to Trump, 74, who suffers from obesity, and may face serious complications as a result of the disease that has claimed the lives of more than 200,000 Americans and more than a million people around the world.
Dr. Annie Remion said that Trump comes in the category of high-risk patients due to his age and weight, and the American doctor said: “(Trump) is old and suffers from some weight gain, and we do not know if he had any other (health) condition beforehand. or not”.
Trump’s infection with Corona may further destabilize the United States, in light of an already heated political climate, and it also affected the economic conditions as stock market futures fell after news of his confirmed case of Covid-19.
Trump wrote in a tweet on Twitter, before 1 a.m. Friday, local time in the US: “Today, the first lady and I tested positive for Covid-19, we will start the quarantine process and we will recover immediately, we will overcome the matter together.”
Soon after, US First Lady Melania said, on her official Twitter account, that she and her husband were fine.
Trump was last seen on Thursday afternoon while he was returning to the White House, after a trip to New Jersey to collect donations, (CNN) said that the US president appeared normal and did not show any signs of fatigue, but he did not speak to reporters while walking towards his residence.
The doctor overseeing Trump’s health status, Dr.Sean Connelly, wrote in a note sent to reporters that he had confirmed that Trump and Melania had contracted Covid-19. “The president and first lady are doing fine so far, and they plan to stay at home in the White House during their recovery,” Conley wrote.
He added, “Rest assured, I expect the president to continue performing his duties without interruption during the recovery, and I will update you on any further developments.”
His close aides were injured
Trump has tested positive for COVID-19 and said that he is planning to quarantine after his assistant, Hope Hicks, was confirmed infected with the infection, which means that the disease has found its way to spread within the president’s inner circle.
Hicks traveled with Trump more than once recently, including the Tuesday night debate in Cleveland, and was seen aboard the Presidential Helicopter Marine One along with many of the president’s closest aides including Jared Kushner, Dan Scavino, Nicholas Luna. Any of them wear a protective mask, as well as she was accompanied by the President as he headed to a rally in Minnesota.
During an interview with Fox News, Trump said that Hicks may have contracted the virus through her interaction with one of his supporters. He said: “She is a very friendly person, she goes through difficult times, and when someone comes to greet her, she deals with them in a wonderful way. She does not tell them to stay away. I cannot approach you, it is a very difficult disease.”
A source close to Hicks told CNN that she experienced some symptoms after returning to Washington.
And before announcing his infection with the virus, Trump underestimated, on Thursday, the expectations of the continuing spread of the virus.
“The end of the epidemic is imminent,” he said in previous statements at the annual Smiths dinner.
Besides Hicks, the Corona virus infected a number of the president’s aides, last May, two White House employees were confirmed, one of whom was a member of the Navy who works as the president’s personal servant, and in July an employee in the White House cafeteria tested positive for the disease.
Nevertheless, Trump ignored the medical recommendations warning about the danger of the Corona virus, even those issued by his own team, and set a crowded schedule with election rallies full of people, as well as met his supporters in Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
Ignore the flag
Trump and several of his aides have ignored practices such as social distancing and wearing masks, and the US president mocked his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, in the presidential debate on Tuesday night for repeatedly wearing a mask.
After announcing the president’s infection with the Corona virus, the White House issued a new agenda for Trump after canceling many events, including a fundraising campaign in Washington, and an election rally in Florida.
Trump sought to paint a rosy picture of the current situation of Corona virus in the United States, until the last hours before announcing his infection with Covid-19.
The US President insisted, according to CNN, that the health crisis is nearing an end in the United States, and that the virus will soon disappear, although health experts and scientists in his administration denied the validity of this talk, and confirmed that the crisis may last for a long time.
The dangerous category
CNN quoted a close confidant of Trump that he had previously expressed his concerns that the infection of his aides and workers in his administration with the Corona virus might undermine his message that the outbreak is waning, and states must reopen.
In the spring, the US President asked how to allow one of the servants responsible for providing him with food and drink to communicate with him in light of the outbreak of Covid-19, and since then, the White House has done its utmost to protect Trump and Vice President Mike Pence from disease, even during their trips to the states that The number of cases is increasing, according to CNN.
“Masrawy” provides you with special coverage for Trump’s infection with Corona. (Press here)
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