New York Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 and he is not infectious to others, the White House physician has said. "I can share with you that he tested negative, on consecutive days, using the Abbot BinaxNOW antigen card," Sean Conley said in a White House memo releas
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Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 and he is not infectious to others, the White House physician has said.
“I can share with you that he tested negative, on consecutive days, using the Abbot BinaxNOW antigen card,” Sean Conley said in a White House memo released on Monday.
The doctor said the negative determination had taken into account a number of measurements and not just the rapid test alone.
The announcement came as Trump traveled to Sanford, Florida to take part in his first campaign rally since becoming infected with the coronavirus.
Conley added that the negative tests and other clinical and laboratory data “indicate a lack of detectable viral replication.”
He did not say when Trump was tested, but the medical team had determined that, based on the data and guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “the president is not infectious to others,” Conley said.
Trump announced on October 2 that he had tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. He was admitted to Walter Reed military hospital that night and released on October 5.
During the weekend, Trump addressed groups of supporters who crowded onto the White House lawn from a balcony.
Critics have faulted Trump for failing to encourage supporters at campaign events, and even White House staff, to wear protective masks and abide by social-distancing guidelines.
