President Trump and first child Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus, announced the president in a tweet overnight and are among more than 34 million people worldwide who have tested positive for COVID-19 and enroll in an organization of world leaders who have had the virus.
The president’s diagnosis sparked a wave of congratulations from officials, some of whom have fought coronavirus.
“My wishes to President Trump and the First Lady,” tweeted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who became the world’s first leader to check his illness in March. “I hope they recover quickly from the coronavirus. “
When Johnson was first diagnosed, he said he felt unwell, but after a few days, doctors said, against Johnson’s wishes, to go to the hospital, CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata reports. and spent time in intensive care.
“For a while, he thought to himself, he didn’t know if he’d happen to have to pass a ventilator,” D’Agata said Friday at CBSN. “He told President Trump it was complicated and going through a while. “
“So it wasn’t until much later that we realized and the British public realized how serious it was,” D’Agata continued.
Johnson left the hospital in April and said he owed his life to the National Health Service staff who treated him for COVID-19.
Other world leaders who tested positive for the virus include Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Prince Albert II of Monaco, several senior Iranian officials, as well as senior Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar, as well as Indian Vice President, Sr. , they also tested positive.
In July, after months of downplaying the severity of the virus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said he had done the COVID-19 test. Brazil is recently the third country with the highest inflammation, with 4. 8 million coronavirus cases reported, according to Johns Hopkins University.
When Bolsonaro publicly showed his diagnosis, he promoted the drug hydroxychloroquine. Bolsonario said he had taken the antimalarial drug which is not shown as an effective remedy against COVID-19.
Trump also said in May that he had taken hydroxychlorquine and zinc to prevent COVID-19 infection. He took it after the Food and Drug Administration warned of its widespread use, after an examination warned him that the drug had not been administered. advantages for patients with coronavirus and even related to more deaths.
On Friday, President Trump showed minor symptoms of COVID-19, a White House adviser said. The first girl said she had “mild” symptoms and felt generally intelligent.