Trump Admits to "Lung Infection" After Testing Positive for COVID-19

Revealed This at the Town Hall Event Held with NBC Broadcasting

▲Donald Trump, President of the United States [Image source=Reuters Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged that his lungs were infected due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), AP News reported on the 15th (local time).

According to the report, President Trump stated at a town hall event with NBC in Miami, Florida, that doctors told him his "lungs were slightly infected" when he was hospitalized for COVID-19 treatment.

Earlier, during the first presidential debate on the 29th of last month against Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, when asked if he had been tested for COVID-19, Trump replied, "I don't know" and "I don't remember."

When asked again about whether he had been tested, President Trump said, "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't."

AP News evaluated that President Trump avoided the question about prior testing.

President Trump later said he tested positive on the 1st and that "that was when I first found out I was infected."

On the early morning of the 2nd, President Trump disclosed his positive test result on his Twitter account, and on the same afternoon, he was admitted to Walter Reed Military Hospital and discharged three days later on the 5th.

He described his condition after being infected with the virus as "not good" and said he had "a slight fever."

President Trump claimed, "I have no symptoms left now."

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