US President Donald Trump announced that he had tested positive for the Coronavirus. His wife Melania was also injured

US President Trump and his wife Melania are infected with Corona

US President Donald Trump announced that he had tested positive for the Coronavirus. His wife Melania was also injured. A close advisor had contracted the virus in the past.

After one of his closest advisers was infected with the Corona virus, US President Donald Trump has now tested positive for the virus. Trump confirmed on Twitter that his wife Melania had also contracted the virus. "We will start quarantine and recover immediately. We will get through this together," Trump wrote.

His wife Melania also commented on Twitter. And the first lady wrote, like many Americans this year, she and her husband entered quarantine after testing positive for Corona. "We are fine and have postponed all upcoming appointments."

Trump's personal physician: The president can continue official business

Trump doctor Sean Connelly confirmed the test result. "The president and first lady are fine now," he wrote. "Rest assured that I expect the president to continue performing his duties without interruption," he added.

Trump and the first lady underwent a corona test after Trump's close adviser Hope Hicks tested positive for the virus. “We spend a lot of time with her,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.

In pictures taken on Wednesday, Hicks is seen at Andrews Air Force Base outside the presidential helicopter Marine One, close to Trump's advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Neither of them wore mouth and nose protection. Trump suspects that Hicks may have been infected there by military personnel or police officers.

Trump's employees are regularly tested

There have already been several cases of corona in Trump's environment. However, Hicks is the closest afflicted person to the President. According to matching media reports, she flew to Cleveland with Trump aboard Air Force One on Tuesday to participate in the TV debate where Trump met his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.

In the TV duel, Trump mocked the fact that Biden was often seen wearing a mask. Trump said of Biden, "I don't wear a mask like him - every time you see he has a mask. He can talk about me 200 feet away and show up with the biggest mask I've ever seen."

The US president also claimed that no one could have tackled the health crisis better than his administration. Which led to a heated debate. It is now uncertain whether the upcoming TV duel will take place on October 15 as planned.

More than 200,000 Corona deaths in the United States

Trump is 74 years old and thus is at increased risk of complications. However, most of the time, he does not wear a mask in public. The White House has justified this with regular checks of the president and his staff for coronavirus. Trump spokeswoman Kylie McNani described wearing the masks as a "personal choice" in June and indicated that they are being examined regularly.

In the Corona epidemic, Trump is repeatedly accused of not taking the threat posed by the virus seriously. Recently, he has appeared in several major election campaigns again. Occurred in the open air. Thousands of non-obligatory supporters were able to wear masks and who mostly stood close to each other.

The corona epidemic remains uncontrolled in the United States. More than 7.2 million infections have been detected since the outbreak of the epidemic. More than 207,000 people died.