U. S. President Donald Trump, after positive for COVID-19, joins a developing list of world leaders who have fallen ill.
Trump, 74, announced Friday morning that he and the first child, 50-year-old Melania Trump, had tested positive, after contact with 31-year-old Hope Hicks, a high-ranking member of Trump’s staff.
On Friday morning, the White House said Trump had mild symptoms, but that raises questions about the long run of his campaign, as Trump will be quarantined for 10 days and the time the presidential debate is scheduled for October 15, in just one month.
But Trump is by no means the only world leader to have been hit by COVID-19. His diversity reports since the incredible fall – as in the case of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was one of the first leaders to contract the virus – to those with milder cases, such as Canadian politicians Yves-Fran’ois Blanchet and Erin O’Toole.
Boris Johnson, 56
Johnson got sick last March, saying he had “mild” symptoms. It’s hard to tell exactly how the coronavirus was hit, however, it had been busy the last few weeks, telling the media to shake hands a lot.
By April 6, Johnson’s fitness had deteriorated. He rushed to the hospital and spent a few days in the intensive care unit. I wanted oxygen, but I didn’t want a fan.
When he became ill, the British government prepared plans for what would happen if he died.
Jair Bolsonaro, 65
The Brazilian leader fell ill in July. In large part, he downplayed the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it was nothing more than a “little flu. ” Bolsonaro also made headlines while ill from taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that attracted a lot of attention and misinformation in the early days. of the pandemic.
It is not known where and how accurately he placed it, Bolsonaro spent the days leading up to his positive check rejoicing: he rarely wore a mask.
Alexander Lukashenko, 65
The president of Belarus had suggested that citizens drink vodka and stop at the sauna to stay healthy and avoid contracting coronavirus, however, he became ill in July after proceeding to come face-to-face with the pandemic. been in force since 1994 – survived its contact with COVID-19.
Prince Albert of Monaco, 62
A handful of members of the foreign royal circle of relatives, joining Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, have contracted COVID-19 and Alberto, the first head of state to publicly claim that he had contracted the virus. he’s recovered very well.
Prince Charles, 71
Charles was diagnosed in March, only developed mild symptoms and recovered, his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, did not catch her (they kept him away from the queen, his mother, for several days), according to the Daily Mail, Charles experienced one of the key symptoms: he lost his sense of taste and smell. He also spent much of his time cooking in isolation.
Yves-Fran’ois Blanchet, years
Blanchet tested positive in mid-September. Several other members of his group walked away after a staff member tested positive. The leader of Bloc Québécois is “perfectly fine,” he said, and indeed healthy enough to respond to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech from the throne. and emerged from isolation.
Erin O’Toole, 47
The leader of the Conservative Party had been at the helm of the party for less than a month before his positive COVID-19 test, and may have been exposed in September after traveling with a member of the party who became ill, according to reports.
O’Toole’s wife also tested positive and both were isolated. O’Toole has recovered ever since and is back in politics. He presented a pre-recorded video reaction to Prime Minister Trudeau’s speech from the throne.
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, 45
Prime Minister Trudeau’s wife, COVID-19, at the start of the pandemic after visiting London, UNITED Kingdom, for a charity event. The couple walked away and the prime minister never hit the virus. Grégoire Trudeau had flu-like symptoms, according to media reports.
Juan Orlando Hernandez
The president of Honduras hit COVID-19 in June, being the first Latin American leader to get sick.
He took an experimental medication, spent about two weeks in the hospital and developed symptoms of type pneumonia.
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