Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complications.

Here’s a look at other leaders who have had the virus. Some are sending Trump their wishes for a speedy recovery. Donald Trump, Melania Trump test positive for coronavirus The British prime minister was the first major world leader confirmed to have COVID-19, after facing criticism for downplaying the pandemic.

He was moved to intensive care in April after his symptoms dramatically worsened a day after he was hospitalized for what were called routine tests.

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President Trump to hold rally in Ocala

OCALA, Fla. – For the second time this week, President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Central Florida, this time in Ocala.The rally ahead of the Nov. 3 election will be held Friday at Ocala International Airport, just four days after the president visited Sanford.Doors open at 1 p.m.

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Covid-19 again? Reinfection cases raise concerns over immunity after vaccination

LONDON : The case of a man in the United States infected twice with COVID-19 shows there is much yet to learn about immune responses and also raises questions over vaccination, scientists said on Tuesday.The 25-year old from Reno, Nevada, tested positive in April after showing mild symptoms, then got sick again in late May with a more serious bout, according to a case report in the Lancet Infectious Diseases medical journal.The report was published just hours after US President Donald Trump, who was infected with COVID-19 and hospitalised earlier this month, said he believes he now has immunity and felt "so powerful".Scientists said that while known incidences of reinfection appear rare - and the Nevada man has now recovered - cases like

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Supreme Court: Amy Coney Barrett to face questioning on day 2 of confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee members will begin questioning Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday in the second day of confirmation hearings.Barrett, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the vacancy left after the passing of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was sworn in Monday and told the panel that Americans “deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written.”On Tuesday, the 22 senators on the committee will each get 30 minutes to question Barrett.The four days of statements and testimony are being held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic just three weeks before Election Day. In the opening session of the hearings, Democratic senators painted Barrett as a

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Donald Trump says he's 'immune' to coronavirus and offers to kiss thousands of his fans

Donald Trump says he's immune to coronavirus as he insisted that he will start kissing his supporters in a bizarre campaign speech.The US President made the claims before addressing thousands of his fans in Florida without a mask yesterday.He said: "I'll walk in there, I'll kiss everyone in that audience. I'll kiss the guys and the beautiful women...

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As Trump returns to campaigning, Fauci says U.S. coronavirus cases ‘in a bad place’

Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since disclosing he contracted the coronavirus this month, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said the United States faced a “whole lot of trouble” if it did not encourage universal wearing of face masks and avoid mass gatherings.“We have a baseline of infections now that varies between 40 and 50,000 per day.

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US man struck by covid twice and second time was far worse

Covid-19 twice found re-infection can occur swiftly and the second bout of illness can be more severe.The research, published in the Lancet medical journal, examined the case of a 25-year-old man living in Nevada who became infected with two different genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in less than two months. He tested negative twice in between, meaning he’s unlikely to have suffered a single prolonged infection.The findings come as U.S.

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Trump intensifies focus on Harris in final weeks of campaign

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Grasping for a comeback, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are intensifying their focus not on Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but on his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris — arguing without evidence that it’s Harris, the first Black woman on a major party ticket, who would really be in charge if Democrats win the White House.

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Coronavirus: Trump says in return to campaign trail that he feels ‘powerful’

President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail in Florida on Monday for the first time since he announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, appearing at an outdoor rally without a protective mask and touting his management of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump tossed out masks to the crowd as he entered the airport rally in Sanford and repeatedly talked about his recovery from COVID-19.

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Donald Trump Claims He’s ‘Immune’ To Coronavirus Vows To Give Everyone At Rallies A ‘Big Fat Kiss’

Donald Trump, 74, is insisting he’s just fine one week after being released from the hospital, where he was treated for coronavirus. The president held his first official rally since testing positive for the infectious disease in Sanford, FL on Oct.

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Donald Trump Tests Negative for COVID-19

Donald Trump's physician said the president has tested negative for COVID-19, according to a memo released by the White House on Monday afternoon, about 90 minutes before he is set to hold a rally in Florida. According to Dr. Sean Conley, the president's physician, the president has tested negative «on consecutive days,» and is «not infectious to others.» Conley did not say on which days the president tested negative, and said rapid tests were used to determine the results, which are less accurate than PCR tests. «It is important to note that this test was not used in isolation for the determination of the president's current negative status,» Conley said.

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Trump returns to campaigning after COVID-19 diagnosis

With his doctors saying he’s no longer at risk of spreading COVID-19, U.S. President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail.

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Donald Trump says he'll give 'big fat kiss' to rally crowd after beating coronavirus

Donald Trump said being "immune" to Covid-19 made him feel "so powerful" - telling a crowd in Florida he would give them all a "big fat kiss".

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Trump, Biden try to line up by Fauci as they court voters

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are both looking to harness the credibility of America’s best-known infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, as they make their case to American voters.Trump is quoting him out of context, the doctor says.Biden, meanwhile, is eagerly promising to seek Fauci's advice if elected.Overall, it’s an uncomfortable season for Fauci, who’s been studiously apolitical over a five-decade career in public health.

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Donald Trump tests negative for Covid-19, says physician

Donald Trump has tested negative for the Covid-19 virus "on consecutive days", a White House physician announced on Monday (local time), ahead of his campaign rally in Florida."In response to your inquiry regarding the President's most recent COVID-19 tests, I can share with you that he has tested NEGATIVE, on consecutive days, using the Abbott BinzaxNow antigen card," wrote Sean Conley, Physician to the US President to Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.He added, "It is important to note that this test was not used in isolation for the determination of the President's negative status.

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U.S. election: Trump ready for 1st campaign rally since getting coronavirus

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Monday for the first time since contracting the coronavirus as he tries to stage a late comeback in the election’s final stretch.Trump, whose doctor said Monday for the first time that he had received a negative test for COVID-19, faces a stubborn deficit in national and battleground state polling. He will be headlining a rally in Sanford, Florida — the first stop in a busy week that will include events in Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina and Wisconsin.The robust schedule underscores the work Trump needs to do as he tries to win over voters just three weeks before Election Day.

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Trump tests negative for coronavirus, according to White House physician

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s physician has announced that Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus. In a memo distributed by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Dr. Sean Conley wrote that Trump had “tested NEGATIVE, on consecutive days, using the Abbott BinaxNow antigen card.” Trump acknowledged Oct.

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Trump ready for 1st rally since contracting coronavirus

WASHINGTON – Just a week after his release from the hospital, President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail Monday for the first time since contracting the coronavirus as he tries to stage a late comeback in the election's final stretch.Trump, facing a stubborn deficit in national and battleground state polling, will be headlining a rally in Sanford, Florida — the first stop in a busy week that will include events in Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina and Wisconsin. The robust schedule underscores the work Trump needs to do as he tries to win over voters just three weeks before Election Day.

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Trump vs. Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, more

WASHINGTON – Amid the tumult of the 2020 presidential campaign, one dynamic has remained constant: The Nov. 3 election offers voters a choice between substantially different policy paths.President Donald Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic imperatives and frames himself as a conservative champion in the culture wars.

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Biden makes big push in Ohio, once seen as long shot for him

WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden campaigned Monday in Ohio, attempting to expand the battleground map and keep President Donald Trump on the defensive in a state thought to be out of reach for Democrats after Trump's wide margin of victory there four years ago.The Democratic presidential nominee stressed an economic message and touted his own record while casting Trump as having abandoned working-class voters who helped him win Rust Belt states that put him in the White House in 2016. In Toledo, Biden addressed United Auto Workers who represent a local General Motors’ powertrain plant.

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Sen. Mike Lee, recent COVID-19 patient, delivers SCOTUS hearing statement without mask

WASHINGTON - Sen. Mike Lee, who tested positive for COVID-19 Oct.

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Donald Trump caught faking video to appear like Covid-19 chief backed him

The Trump campaign selectively edited comments made by a top Covid-19 scientist to appear as if he was applauding the President's handling of the crisis.

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Amy Coney Barrett: Confirmation hearings begin for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the vacancy left after the passing of the liberal icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.The four days of statements and testimony are being held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and just three weeks before Election Day. Republicans appeared to have the votes to confirm the 48-year-old conservative judge to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court, barring any major development.Monday's session will include opening statements from 22 senators on the committee, each being given 10 minutes to speak.

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Amy Coney Barrett: Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the vacancy left after the passing of the liberal icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.The hearings are being held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and just three weeks before Election Day.Monday's session will include opening statements from 22 senators on the committee, each being given 10 minutes to speak. Barrett will be introduced and sworn in by the chairman prior to delivering her opening statement.Some senators are taking part remotely and the hearing room itself has been arranged with public health concerns in mind.

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COMMENTARY: Treating VIP patients like Donald Trump can be a challenge for healthcare workers

As an internist, I’ve personally been threatened by a mob boss who didn’t want to be discharged from the hospital, overwhelmed by hordes of Roma families suspicious of medical care for a dying king and asked to withhold information from the public that would be detrimental to a prominent person. Those are intimidating challenges to professionalism and ethics.VIP syndrome is the tendency of clinicians to treat influential or famous patients differently because they feel pressured to accede to the VIP’s wishes.Psychiatrists have identified three types of “special” patients who can create difficulty by dazzling or intimidating the care team: celebrities, VIPs and potentates.Celebrities focus unwanted media attention on medical care.

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Fauci says comments in Trump campaign ad 'taken out of context'

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on June 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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The Latest: Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearing opens

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local):9 a.m.Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing has begun. The hearing room was largely empty Monday and some senators tuned in virtually, citing the coronavirus.

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Amy Coney Barrett: Supreme Court confirmation hearings to begin Monday

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the vacancy left after the passing of the liberal icon, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.The hearings, which will begin at 9 a.m. ET, are being held amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and just three weeks before Election Day.Monday's session will include opening statements from 22 senators on the committee, each being given 10 minutes to speak.

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2020 Watch: Is it too late for Trump to turn things around?

NEW YORK – Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:Days to general election: 22Days to next scheduled presidential debate: 10___THE NARRATIVEPresident Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail this week after an 11-day absence in what is likely his last opportunity to reset his beleaguered presidential reelection bid.

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President Trump says he might hold weekend rallies in Florida, Pennsylvania

US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White House wearing a facemask upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he underwent treatment for Covid-19, in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2020. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) (Pho LAKE MARY, Fla. - Just a week after his hospitalization for the coronavirus, President Donald Trump appears to be ready to return to the campaign trail.During an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday night, Trump announced that he is in “great shape” and will likely take a COVID-19 test on Friday.

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Graham's last stand? Senator leads Barrett court hearings

WASHINGTON – Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is wielding the gavel in the performance of his political life.Once a biting critic of President Donald Trump, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman on Monday opens confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett in a bid to seal a 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court.

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Trump's task: Resetting campaign that GOP fears is slipping

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Democrat Joe Biden.The one-two punch of Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and his widely panned debate performance also has Republicans worried they could lose control of the Senate.

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Supreme Court nominee Barrett faces Senate despite virus

WASHINGTON – Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin as a divided Senate charges ahead on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and cement a conservative court majority before Election Day. Barrett, a federal appeals court judge, will tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that she she is “forever grateful” for Ginsburg’s trailblazing path as a woman.

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Fauci says he didn’t agree to be in Trump campaign ad

Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump‘s re-election campaign and that his comments were taken out of context. Keeping Canada, U.S.

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Ridiculously Misleading Trump Campaign Ad On Coronavirus Response Misquotes Fauci — And The Doctor Is Pissed!

Poor Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Twitter flags 'misleading' Donald Trump tweet after he says he's 'immune' from Covid-19

Twitter has flagged a Donald Trump tweet as 'misleading' after he claimed he is 'immune' from coronavirus.

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Trump says he has fully recovered from Covid-19

US President Donald Trump has said he has fully recovered from Covid-19 and is not an infection risk for others, freeing him to return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House.

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Trump to return to campaign trail, claims he’s ‘immune’ to coronavirus

Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it. Trump no longer considered ‘transmission risk’ in spreading coronavirus, doctor says Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after his COVID-19 diagnosis, declared he was now “immune” from the virus, a claim that was impossible to prove and comes amid a series of outstanding questions about the president’s health.“I’m immune,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News.

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Coronavirus: U.S. may face ‘difficult fall and winter’ with COVID-19, says former FDA commissioner

Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb appeared on CBS’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday where he said that the U.S.

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Trump insists he's free of virus, ready for campaign trail

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it.Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after his COVID-19 diagnosis, declared he was now “immune" from the virus, a claim that was impossible to prove and comes amid a series of outstanding questions about the president's health. “I’m immune," Trump said in an interview on Fox News.

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Donald Trump claims he's immune from Coronavirus and now has a 'protective glow'

Donald Trump sensationally claimed he is immune from the Coronavirus and denies he is a transmission risk ahead of his return to campaigning.

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Biden harnesses history to describe urgency of 2020 campaign

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Presidential hopefuls tend to declare every upcoming election the most important one that voters have faced in their lifetime. Joe Biden goes bigger.The Democratic nominee portrays 2020 as an entanglement of social, economic, political, environmental and public health crises as threatening to America’s stability as the Civil War and the Great Depression.

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'I'm immune': Donald Trump insists he's free of coronavirus

WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump on Sunday declared he was healthy enough to return to the campaign trail, a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it.Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after his COVID-19 diagnosis, declared he was now “immune" from the virus, a claim that was impossible to prove and comes amid a series of outstanding questions about the president's health.“I’m immune," Trump said in an interview on Fox News. “The president is in very good shape to fight the battles."In a memo released Saturday night by the White House, Navy Cmdr.

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Barrett to senators: Courts 'should not try' to make policy

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barret t will tell senators that courts “should not try” to make policy, leaving those decisions to the political branches of government, according to opening remarks for her confirmation hearing obtained Sunday by The Associated Press.The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, set to begin begin Monday as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the country, are taking place three weeks before Election Day and after millions of Americans already have voted.

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The next big shift in economics takes shape under coronavirus shadow

‘Running the Show’President Donald Trump is promising more tax cuts if he wins. Democratic challenger Joe Biden, who leads opinion polls, has outlined a $3.5 trillion spending program -- and signaled he won’t be bound by the idea that economies necessarily do better when governments are less involved.

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Biden hits Trump on economic fallout amid COVID-19 pandemic in critical Pennsylvania county

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak after touring a plumbers union training center in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2020.

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The Latest: UK told it's at 'tipping point' in virus fight

Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say whether Trump had tested negative.

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Trump wanted 'to rip open shirt to reveal Superman t-shirt to prove he's over Covid-19'

President Donald Trump wanted to surprise fans when leaving hospital by ripping open his shirt to reveal a Superman t-shirt in a bizarre show of strength after his coronavirus diagnosis.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Donald Trump joins growing list of world leaders infected with coronavirus

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