The President of the United States, Donald Trump, gave a negative test for the coronavirus, as reported by his doctor this Saturday, hours after he was evaluated.
There are already 56 deaths in the United States as a result of the disease, which has spread to more than 2,400 people in the country.
“They did the test, they sent it to a laboratory,” he said from the White House, adding that the results usually take a day or two, the president announced Saturday morning, but the negative came a few hours later.
Trump has been widely criticized – as stated in this article from NBC News – for having resisted the test for days, especially after it was known that at least three people who shared with him a few days ago in Mar-A-Lago, in Florida, tested positive for the virus. The White House I had discarded make the test. Her doctor said last night that “I didn’t need it.”
The president was seen shaking hands with people on Friday. He also did it shortly before the press conference this Saturday, despite the recommendation of the health authorities that contact be avoided. He said “he keeps doing it out of habit.”
On Friday, the president had said that “the test sometime, “but then the White House doctor assured they had not had it done because it showed no symptoms.
Trump also noted that his temperature was taken this Saturday, just before the conference began. “It was totally normal,” he said. Then it was announced that he will now do checkups and take the temperature of all those who have been in close contact with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, including reporters who attend the conferences.
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