US President Donald Trump has said in a tweet that he and his wife Melania have contracted the coronavirus and are entering quarantine.
Trump’s tweet on Friday came after Hope Hicks, one of his closest advisers, tested positive for the disease, after months of downplaying the severity of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States.
The news reverberated through world media and financial markets, raising questions over what will be the effects on next month’s presidential election.