Tuesday to go to the president ial debate in Cleveland Ohio and the next day they flew together to a Campaign Rally in Minnesota Well this is how President Trump confirmed he tested positive here in a tweet saying flotus 9 tested positive for covert 19 we will begin our quarantine and Recovery Process immediately we will get through this together. The Top White House doctor is released a memo speaking about the president and 1st lady he said they are both well at this time and they will remain at the white house during their convalescence he goes on to say the president will continue carrying out his duties while recovering weve also heard from the 1st lady who also tweeted saying she and President Trump are in quarantine at home alone your trump says theyre both feeling good and that all her upcoming engagements have been perspire own and she also encouraged everyone to stay safe our White House Correspondent kimberly how he joins us now from washington d. C. Kimberlys been several hours since we had that announcement by twitter any update yet on the symptoms on the condition of the u. S. President. There have been no updates from the white house in terms of the president s condition it is 5 am here in washington im standing outside of the white house the white house directly behind me where we know the president is likely asleep he was up very late into the wee hours of the morning sending that tweet with the confirmation that he and 1st lady malani a trump had tested positive of course they took these tests after the aide hope one of the most trusted advisors of the president started exhibiting symptoms on wednesday now the open question becomes why the president continued his Vigorous Campaign schedule and did not start to self isolate as a precaution those are the questions that will be examined in the coming hours but for now what we do know in terms of the president s schedule at least is that it has been mostly clear and he had a very full schedule planned there was expected to be a telephone call midday that is the only thing that is still going to be on the schedule as he meets virtually with seniors who ironically have had experiences cope with 19 now the president can count himself among that group and then the president is scheduled to travel to the trump hotel and later to sanford florida for a make America Great again rally why is florida important its a pivotal state a battleground state as theyre called the president needs to win reelection the following day he was scheduled to travel to another battleground state wisconsin its unclear if the president will try to make that appearance at least virtually but we know the plans for traveling have been put on hold the other big question in all of this is how many of the Staff Members around President Trump even is immediate family members beyond the 1st lady may have been exposed may be at risk we know that the u. S. President was at the president ial debate on tuesday where there were a number of prominent top aides helping him for a pair. For that debate including hope x. The question becomes now if the Vice President has been exposed that would be a National Security issue given the fact of the continuity of government so already it can be presumed that the activation has gone into place to ensure that the health of the Vice President remains stable and also that of House Speaker nancy pelosi who would then follow the Vice President in terms of acting on behalf of the president should he not be able to do his duties which is not the case right now but of course with covert 19 out of positivity test as well as the fact that the president is of advanced age and also exhibit some signs of obesity this puts him in a very High Risk Group that well he seems to be exhibiting no symptoms at the moment things could change very rapidly and kimberly mean that speaks to the warring possibility that a rather large number given how busy the president s schedule has been given that some of his close advisors are members of his own family they could be a number of key policy makers who if not positive may have to be in some kind of precautionary quarantine or distancing or Isolation System right now. Yeah the for the standard protocol for the u. S. Government at least from an agency standpoint is that anyone thats even had with notice casual contact with somebody who has tested positive is advised to go into self isolation as a precaution to assure that they dont later test positive and start infecting others around them given the fact that we know with cope with 19 that often people are infected but are asymptomatic its often too late to protect others once you begin to exhibit symptoms and thats the fear right now for those that have come in contact with the president because he has had a packed schedule hes had numerous interactions but the number of people that have come in contact with the president well he was asymptomatic and we presume that he still is but does have this positive test with a large number of individuals at risk the other thing that we should point out at all of this is that given there was a president ial debate and on tuesday the u. S. President came face to face with his rival democratic president ial nominee Joe Biden Joe biden is also at risk he is in his late seventys 77 i believe this puts him at risk given the fact that this was i heated in contentious president ial debate with the 2 men yelling and shouting at one another and we know that those aerosol like droplets that come from our breath are what can transmit this virus so this puts the Vice President or rather the the Vice President former Vice President but now the democratic president ial nominee for the Democratic Party at risk it well so the ramifications of this are enormous its hard to see how the u. S. Election campaign can proceed as normal given the fact that were 5 weeks away from that taking place and talking about the u. S. Election campaign this puts the focus back home covidien given the way the u. S. Prison colony sits in polls this is not a Good Development right. Its not a Good Development it also makes it virtually impossible for the president to say things are returning to normal because now its clear theyre anything but normal things have only gotten worse from a standpoint of the president and his campaign and his effort to say that things are improving thats what the president had tried to do he was pushing for reopening he was pushing to say that he built this economy up there was historically low unemployment he would bring it back again thats why he was pushing this grueling schedule holding rallies where people were attending en masse standing side by side often not Wearing Masks and the concern is that all of this is the president put even some americans at risk but the president has been plummeting in the polls in terms of criticism over his handling of covert 19 the fact that he openly mocked on the debate stage on tuesday his rival joe biden for taking precautions for Holding Virtual events for wearing a mask suggesting it was even somewhat excessive is going to really come back and haunt this president who has already been under a microscope and criticism now that is only going to intensify potentially the president even having to eat his words if you will thanks so much can really how could that. Take a closer look at the president s health now from his 74 years old im considered overweight both make him high risk for coronavirus concerns were raised about his condition in june when he appeared to have difficulty Drinking Water and coming down from the stage just an event he tweeted that the ramp was steep and very slippery this missing speculation about his health. In november last year trump made an unscheduled visit to the doctor for tests something he usually noted in his public diary the white house said he was in good health during his campaign in 2016 trump produced a note saying hed be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency a doctor later said though that trump written the letter himself. Is an associate professor of Infectious Diseases at the Australian National university he says theres still a possibility the president will experience mild symptoms of the virus. Look he could potentially despite a couple of respect us have a very mild illness and hopefully that will be the case and he will get over it were angry cover without any major complications the 2 things against against that are his age and potential obesity as well we know that if someone is around 74. 00 which which is he 74. 00 also if youre over 70 the mortality rate or the death rate from this infection now it varies in studies around the world but its around 10 percent and if someone is a beast theres about a 100 percent increased risk of being hospitalized compared to someone who isnt about a 70 percent chance of having our critically ill illness and about a 48 percent chance of dying or right now how long might it take before one would know if this virus you know if were going to have you are going to suffer from this virus or its going to be a mild case i mean how soon would one be able to make that determination normally you know this is quite different to start sars often early on people got unwell but with curve it its usually early on in the 2nd week that people start to become unwell so the 1st few days of the you know this might be mild maybe that 2nd week that they start to become unwell and in fact when asked if a 48 percent chance of an obese person dying i mean of relative is not an absolute qualifying and from what we know about the president s schedule in the last 2448 hours you know hes hes had a busy schedule hes appeared a Campaign Rallies it wasnt long ago he was at that debate in Cleveland Ohio would you suspect somebody with that kind of active schedule may have passed this on to many other people or many other people may have received it from where. He got it from as well that this is not going to be just an isolated case thats right but look at it also depends on a few things was he symptomatic or asymptomatic if you was coughing and spluttering you may be inclined to have expected more people than if he was asymptomatic so that is important as well but context traces will try and determine what or how many close contacts in a hat so how many people he was in almost face to face contact for 15 minutes or so or was in the same room for more than 2 hours so those sorts of things context races are going to go through in great detail to try and determine the number of close contacts that the president has had several World Leaders to send their well wishes to mr trump russian president Vladimir Putin wished him a swift recovery saying his vitality good spirits and optimism will help him cope the Prime Minister of india also reacted he tweeted wishing my friend donald trump and the 1st lady maloney a quick recovery and good health and the director general of the World Health Organization has tweeted saying my best wishes to President Donald Trump and 1st lady malloy here for a full and speedy recovery weve also heard from the president of the European Council more on that lets go over to dominic cain is live for us in berlin so how is europe reacting to this news. Yes youre right sammy the president of the European Council at charlotte. Has reacted to this reaction given on twitter on twitter he says wishing real trouble trouble thats the president s handle on twitter and fluxus that 1st Lady Melania Trump a speedy recovery covert 19 is a battle we all continue to fight he says every day no matter where we live and he is not the only european elected official who has been speaking about their reaction to what is happening to the president of the polish president andres do on twitter has said our good wishes for speedy recovery to off friends he says poland and the United States will get through the hardships and succeed in fighting 19 and one final thoughts this time not from an e. U. Leader but from the british Prime Minister baraks johnson someone who himself got to the infection got coronavirus and had to be taken to intensive care in a London Hospital viewers will recall earlier in the obviously mr johnson made a full recovery he has said on twitter my best wishes to President Trump and the 1st lady hope they both have a speedy recovery from corona virus that is so far as the reaction is concerned from european officials its quite interesting actually that amongst the elected officials elected heads of government heads of state in europe it has tended to be the reaction that weve seen on twitter so far has come from leaders who come from the center right of politics rather perhaps than those from the center or perhaps from the center left of politics in european governments one other observation to make regarding the succession in the us presidency weve been hearing from kimberly earlier on about the precautions put in place for the Vice President for the speaker of the house we understand that the u. S. Secretary of state mike on players who of course also has a place in the order of succession to the presidency if the president and those below him in this order. Incapacitated walmart my comp a is in europe right now hes in croatia and he has said that he was tested aboard the plane that he travelled to corrosion on and that came back negative he says the last time that he was with the president was on the 15th of september so that isnt in so far as the official reaction that weve been receiving here in the European Union and beyond United Kingdom with with Prime Minister johnson the other reaction which has been of note has been on the Financial Markets in the 3 main stock exchanges in europe that would be the dax in frankfurt here in germany the cac in paris and the footsie 100 in london all of them when they opened share values dropped somewhere in the region of around one percent although in the past half an hour or so they have improved that theyre still dan but say around half of one percent not as bad as when they opened in so far as other reaction is concerned we can anticipate that when the e. U. Summit is taking place in brussels from where shawn the share the Council President made his twitter post we can anticipate that when the summit breaks up when news conferences are held by the heads of government the heads of state the heads of the commission that they will be asked for a reaction about what has happened to the president and what effect it might have on relations between the u. S. And the European Union remembering of course the strategic importance of the United States here in europe the continuing strategic importance of the United States here in europe. All right thanks so much dominic kane that. President trump joins a growing list of World Leaders who have been infected in iran dozens of politicians and religious leaders have contracted the virus that includes cabinet members as well as senior Vice President as hark junglee and Vice President. Of the car in july a brazilian president jalal sanaa announced hed caught it hes been one of the most prominent voices trying to minimize the onus calling it a little flu and flouting social distancing measures british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson was admitted to intensive care in april he later said he was lucky to leave after a week that doctors nurses quote saved his life no question youre watching al jazeera our continuing coverage continues of this breaking news story the u. S. President has tested positive for covert 19 after his Senior Advisor hope hicks contract with the virus 1st lady has also tested positive both had attended a Fund Raising Event in new jersey on thursday afternoon with Top White House doctor says both will quarantine at the white house and the president will continue his duties while recovering. 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