August 06, 2026 10:19 pm (IST)

Make this your homepage

Canada / USA

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal sentenced to 10-year jail term in 2013 rape case as Bombay HC overturns acquittal | ‘Who brought a 12-year-old to protest?’ Advocate seeks POCSO case against CJP leaders | 'Unresponsive government': Jharkhand students escalate protest, demand CM Hemant Soren's exit | Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal convicted in 2013 rape case as Bombay HC overturns acquittal | No rate cut! RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, sees 6.7% growth but warns inflation will rise | Free laptops, AI training, internships: Vijay government unveils youth-centric Tamil Nadu budget | Bangladesh asks media not to broadcast Sheikh Hasina's speech ahead of first public appearance from India | Kejriwal marches to PM Modi's residence over E20 petrol, alleges 'Trump pressure' behind policy | DMK slams Vijay government over Udhayanidhi's arrest, calls it 'blatant cowardice' | Tamil Nadu political storm: Udhayanidhi Stalin arrested after Trisha remark row

Covid-19

(From L to R) Donald Trump and Melania Trump in 2019. Image Credit: Xinhua/UNI

US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Oct 02, 2020, at 04:16 pm

Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the country Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19.

The US President informed on micro-blogging site Twitter.

He tweeted, "Tonight, the First Lady of the United States and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!"

Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

Earlier Trump had decided to quarantine himself after one of his closest aides tested positive for Novel Coronavirus.

The US President had tweeted, "Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!"

Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

The United States is the worst Coronavirus-affected country in the world with 72,77,759 positive cases so far.

In terms of Covid-19 toll too, the United States is at the top with 2,07,789 deaths.

#DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #USPresident #USFirstLady #COVID19

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.