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Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence tested negative for the coronavirus, Pence spokesman said on Friday, hours after President Donald Trump announced him and her first lady tested positive

« Vice President Pence remains in good health and wishes Trump the best of luck in their recovery, » said Devin O’Malley, vice president’s press secretary, in a tweet. « As usual for months , Vice President Pence is tested daily for COVID-19 « 

The Vice President is first in line for the Presidency, followed by Speaker of the House Democrat Nancy Pelosi, Â and Senate Speaker pro tempore, Republican Sen Chuck Grassley of Iowa

Trump’s diagnosis a month before the November 3 election has massive implications for the immediate future of the campaign, government and economy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, fourth in line in succession, said on Friday he tested negative Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, fifth on list, also tested negative, according to a tweet from his door -speak

The president’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have also tested negative, a spokeswoman said

Pence to take part in the vice-presidential debate Wednesday with Sen Kamala Harris, running mate of Democrat Joe Biden Trump and Biden appeared on stage together, from a distance, on Tuesday night for their first presidential debate

Trump, in a tweet sent after midnight, announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the virus and would immediately begin a « quarantine and recovery process »

Trump’s doctor, Dr Sean Conley, said in a note shared by White House officials that « the president and the first lady are doing well right now »

« Please be assured that I expect the President to continue in office without interruption while he recovers, » said Conley

As of Thursday evening, media reported that Hope Hicks, a key Trump aide, tested positive Hicks tested positive Thursday morning after starting to show symptoms Wednesday evening, NBC News Elle reported. was reportedly quarantined on Air Force One on Wednesday night as the president returned to Washington after a campaign event in Minnesota

« She’s a hard worker, a lot of masks, she wears a lot of masks She tested positive I just came out with the test, we’ll see, » Trump said « We spend a lot of time, first lady just passed a test too If we quarantine, if we have it, we don’t know « 

Trump is the most powerful figure to take down with Covid-19 Previously UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had tested positive for coronavirus and survived, as has British Prince Charles

Trump’s handling of the pandemic has been criticized throughout the crisis More than 727 million cases of Covid-19, and at least 207,816 deaths, have been reported in the US – more than any other nation , according to Johns Hopkins University

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