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The president of the United States Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus , as he announced on Twitter. First lady Melania Trump has also tested positive. Trump underwent a coronavirus test after his confidant and White House adviser, Hope Hicks, tested positive this week. The White House doctor, Sean Conley, has published a statement confirming the diagnosis, in which he assures that both the president and the first lady "are both fine at the moment and plan to remain in the White House during their convalescence." Hicks traveled with Trump aboard Air Force One on the round trip to the first presidential debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden on September 29, according to Bloomberg News .
She was also in close contact with White House adviser Stephen Miller and campaign adviser Jason Miller while he was not wearing a mask . Read more: Donald Trump suggests injecting infected people Middle East Phone Number List with disinfectant to kill the coronavirus, an "irresponsible and dangerous" idea according to doctors In the debate, Trump mocked Biden for being careful about wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus . " I put on a mask when I think I need it ," Trump said. "Every time you see him, he has a mask on.
During the debate, Trump's entourage removed their masks and refused to wear ones offered to them by a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic, according to Bloomberg . White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and national security adviser Robert O'Brien were also on Air Force One with Trump and Hicks. Hicks was also seen in a staff car with Stephen Miller, among others, without wearing a mask . O'Brien has recently recovered from coronavirus, as has Miller's wife, Katie Miller. Trump told Fox News that he took a coronavirus test after news of Hicks' positive test broke. " If we quarantine or if we have it, I don't know ," he said Thursday night, before his diagnosis was confirmed. "We'll see what happens. Who knows."