Donald Trump Says He Will Undergo Coronavirus Test Daily After His Military Aide Test Positive for COVID-19
A military aide of Trump, whom officials described as a personal vale, tested positive for coronavirus. The president said he had very little contact with him.
Washington, May 8: After his military aide tested positive for coronavirus, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would undergo the COVID-19 test every day. A military aide of Trump, whom officials described as a personal vale, tested positive for coronavirus. The president said he had very little contact with him.
"I have had very little contact, personal contact, with this gentleman. I know who he is. Good person. But I have had very little contact. (Vice President) Mike (Pence) has had very little contact with him. But Mike was tested and I was tested. We were both tested," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House. Donald Trump's Valet Tests COVID-19 Positive, US President Again Tests Negative, Confirms White House.
Responding to questions, Trump said he, the vice president and other staff of the White House would be tested for coronavirus every day.
"I just had a test. In fact, I had one yesterday and one today, and it is negative. Mike just had a test and it is negative," he said. "But they do the tests and it just shows you that the fallacy -- it is what I have been saying -- testing is not a perfect art. No matter what you do, testing is not a perfect art.
So we test once a week. Now we are going to go testing once a day. But even when you test once a day, somebody could -- something happens where they catch something," the president said.
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