President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The president’s physician, U.S. Navy Commander Sean P. Conley, DO, FACEP, announced the news in a memorandum to White House Press Secretary Kaley McEnany.
The memo to McEnany was dated Oct. 1 (Thursday), and the press release from McEnany’s office was dated Oct. 2. The president and first lady were tested for COVID-19 earlier on Thursday and went into voluntary self-quarantine after learning that Hope Hicks, a counselor to the president who had been traveling with them as recently as Wednesday, Sept.