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Trump Joins List Of World Leaders Who've Tested Positive For The Coronavirus : Live Updates: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus Most notably, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had previously tested positive.Updated at 1:29 p.m. ET President Trump's adds him to a growing list of world leaders who've contracted the virus that causes COVID-19. Most notably, Trump, who's 74, joins British Prime Minister , 56, and Brazilian President , 65. All three leaders have been criticized in their home countries for at times downplaying the severity of the disease. Other world leaders to test positive include 51-year-old Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, 64-year-old Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and 45-year-old Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Britain's Johnson had the worst case of COVID-19. He contracted it in late March and then spent three days in a London intensive care unit where he received oxygen treatment but was not put on a ventilator. "It was a tough old moment," Johnson later told Britain's Sun On Sunday newspaper, adding that doctors had prepared for his passing. "They had a strategy to deal with a 'death of Stalin'-type scenario."Johnson grew visibly ill and retreated from public life. His absence from press conferences fueled uncertainty and fear that he was seriously ill and might not be able to continue as prime minister. The British people rallied around Johnson at the time, but that goodwill has dissipated amid what many see as the prime minister's continued mishandling of the virus — the U.K. government still doesn't have a testing system that can meet demand — and repeated policy U-turns. Recent polls show Johnson's approval ratings below 40%. Trump's wife, first lady Melania Trump, has also tested positive for the coronavirus. A number of world leaders are wishing the Trumps a speedy recovery. Well wishes came from Britain's Johnson, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesman that China hopes for the Trumps' speedy recovery. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram, writing: "I'm certain that your inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism will help you cope with this dangerous virus." In the United States, more than a dozen members of Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to , along with some governors including those of and .Sponsor Message

Trump Joins List Of World Leaders Who've Tested Positive For The Coronavirus : Live Updates: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus Most notably, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro had previously tested positive.Updated at 1:29 p.m. ET President Trump's adds him to a growing list of world leaders who've contracted the virus that causes COVID-19. Most notably, Trump, who's 74, joins British Prime Minister , 56, and Brazilian President , 65. All three leaders have been criticized in their home countries for at times downplaying the severity of the...

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