The United States President Donald Trump, said he has taken a coronavirus code name COVID-19 test.
This coming on the heels of his close contact with two lawmakers in the country, who are now self-quarantining after they had a close contact with a patient that was positive of the epidermic.
The two lawmakers, Georgia Rep. Doug Collins and Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, quarantined themselves after they were in close proximity to someone at a conservative conference, who has since been diagnosed with the Coronavirus.
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It was later revealed Collins shook hands with Trump during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, while Gaetz rode in the presidential limousine before riding on Air Force One with the President on Monday.
Speaking at a press briefing at the White House on Saturday morning, Trump revealed he took the test on Friday night but doesn’t know the results yet as it usually takes 1-2 days.
He also disclosed that he had his temperature taken and later when asked how it was, he said it was normal.
On Thursday, Fabio Wajngarten, a top communications aide to President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, tested positive after accompanying Bolsonaro to Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and posing for a photo with the president and Vice President Mike Pence.
After his meeting, Donald Trump hosted a dinner for Mr. Bolsonaro and his aides. Mr. Wajngarten also stopped by the birthday party of Kimberly Guilfoyle, an adviser to Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign and the girlfriend of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., a campaign aide said.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, who also traveled to the US with him, have been tested for coronavirus, and they claimed the results were negative after it was initially reported to be positive.
