{"id":96869,"date":"2020-10-16T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T02:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=96869"},"modified":"2020-10-16T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T03:00:00","slug":"covid-19-us-pres-trumps-son-barron-had-coronavirus-but-now-negative-says-first-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=96869","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: US Pres Trump’s son Barron had coronavirus, but now negative, says First Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u00a0WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — <\/strong>US President Donald Trump’s 14-year-old son Barron contracted coronavirus but has since tested negative, First Lady Melania Trump revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melania said her “fear came true” when Barron tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, she said, “luckily he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both the president and first lady also tested positive for coronavirus – as well as other White House staff – but have since recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Trump said: “He [Barron] had it for such a short period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I don’t even think he knew he had it because they’re young and their immune systems are strong and they fight it off.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president cited his son’s recovery as a reason why American schools should reopen as soon as possible, a move opposed by teachers’ unions who fear their members could be infected by students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opinion polls suggest Trump is trailing his Democratic White House challenger Joe Biden barely three weeks before the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melania revealed Barron’s positive test result in an essay entitled “My Personal Experience with Covid-19”, published on the White House website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her statement, Melania also said the “most impactful part” of her recovery was “the opportunity to reflect on many things – family, friendships, my work, and staying true to who you are”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melania said she would be resuming her duties as soon as she could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Melania remained in the White House, Trump spent three days at Maryland’s Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after his own Covid-19 diagnosis. He received a number of different drug treatments, including dexamethasone, a steroid, antiviral treatment remdesivir and monoclonal antibody therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He returned to the campaign trail on Monday, telling supporters he felt “powerful”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US has recorded more than 7.8 million coronavirus cases and 216,000 deaths, according to data collated by Johns Hopkins University. — NNN-AGENCIES
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\u00a0WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump’s 14-year-old son Barron contracted coronavirus but has since tested negative, First Lady Melania Trump revealed. Melania said her “fear came true” when Barron tested positive for Covid-19. But, she said, “luckily he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms”. Both the president and first lady […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":96872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96869"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}