[Breaking] President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19
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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the 2nd (local time), President Trump announced via Twitter.
President Trump wrote on Twitter that day, "Today @PLOTUS (First Lady Melania Trump's Twitter account) and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will immediately begin isolation and recovery procedures. We will overcome this together."
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President Trump underwent COVID-19 testing along with First Lady Melania after Hope Hicks, a close aide known to be one of his closest confidants, tested positive for COVID-19 the previous day. It is known that Hicks accompanied President Trump during the presidential debate on the 29th of last month and the campaign rally in Minnesota the following day, traveling together on the presidential plane and helicopter.
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