President Donald Trump has again tested negative for
Coronavirus as confirmed on Thursday's White House press briefing on
coronavirus developments.
In a memo distributed
by press secretary Stephanie Grisham just before the daily White House
coronatask force briefing, it was gathered that the US President was tested by
White House physician Sean Conley.
The memo read;
"This morning,
the President was tested again for Covid-19, utilizing a new rapid
point-of-care test capability. He is healthy and without symptoms."
President Trump also confirmed he underwent a second test
and got his test result in 15 minutes. He was tested using "a new, rapid
point-of-care test capability".
Holding up the memo, the US President said;
"I took the new test, which provides results in 15
minutes really out of curiosity to see how quickly it worked, how fast it
worked.
"I did take a test. It just came out, this is from the
White House physician. I just took it this morning.
"And I took it, it took me literally a minute to take
it and it took me -- I guess it was 14 or 15 minutes (for results). I went to
work, I didn't wait for it, but it said it took 14 minutes or something with a
conclusion and it said the President tested negative for Covid-19."
Trump also tested negative in mid-March, when multiple White
House officials were self-isolating and Trump had been in contact with a number
of people who either got coronavirus or were in contact with people who did.
Lack of adequate test kits has bedeviled the Trump
administration's response to the coronavirus, making it hard for public health
officials and scientists to track the spread of the disease and see where
hotspots are popping up. In response, federal health officials approved a
coronavirus test last month that can provide results in less than 15 minutes,
using the same technology that powers some rapid flu tests.
Thursday's press conference came after more than a million
cases of the virus was confirmed worldwide.
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