After just a few hours after it became known that trump was tested for the disease, the White house announced that 73-year-old President of the United States received a negative test result for coronavirus. It is reported Bloomberg.
According to the report of the White House, the President argued against testing for the coronavirus, because he believed that it could be regarded as «weakness» and intensify the panic.
«Last night, after a thorough discussion with the President <…>, he agreed to conduct tests, — reads the statement of Dr. Shawn Conley, Dr. trump, issued by the press Secretary of the White house Stephanie Grisham. — A week after the dinner with the Brazilian delegation in Mar-a-Lago, the President still has no symptoms.»
The public has long called to the fact that trump has been tested. One of the journalists accused the President of «self-interest»: he was not tested after contact with several visitors to the White house, who subsequently gave a positive result.
According to the Independent, the US President had a lot of direct and indirect contact with people who have since found the virus, including three people with whom he spent time last weekend at his club Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, according to a memorandum from the President’s physician https://t.co/JKZqZ2H45m
— Bloomberg (@business) March 15, 2020
On Saturday morning, the day after trump said «most likely» will be testing, the journalists were forced to follow the new Protocol and check its temperature (a fever is one symptom of infection). At least one journalist was not allowed to attend the press conference.
