BREAKING: Convicted rapist and #MeToo symbol Harvey Weinstein has Coronavirus

disgraced movie producer and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein tested positive for Coronavirus on Sunday, according to international news reports. oscar-winning producer who was sentenced for sexual assault on February 24, is currently locked up in a state prison in New York. 

disgraced film mogul, who turned 68 on Wednesday, is currently held in medical isolation at Wende Correctional Facility after testing positive for vel Coronavirus, international media reported. Harvey Weinstein is one of two prisoners who was infected with virus. International media reported that Harvey Weinstein was most likely positive for Coronavirus before entering state prison in New York on Wednesday.

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US has almost 33,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 409 deaths, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. US President Donald Trump said he h approved a request to issue a major disaster declaration for state of New York, which has seen vast majority of America's coronavirus cases. Trump on Monday said he h ordered deployment of emergency medical stations with a capacity of 4,000 hospital beds to coronavirus hotspots around United States. "I want to assure American people that we're doing everything we can each day to confront and ultimately defeat this horrible invisible enemy," he said. "We're at war, in a true sense we're at war," Trump ded.

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Weinstein left court in an ambulance after guilty verdict and detoured to Bellevue Hospital, complaining of chest pains and high blood pressure. He later h a stent inserted to unblock an artery. After his sentencing for 23-years, he returned with more chest pains. Weinstein, Oscar-winning producer of “Shakespeare in Love,” was convicted of raping an aspiring actress in 2013 and forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006, who called him out during wave of #MeToo movement. His lawyers have said y’ll appeal.

Within hours of Weinstein’s sentencing, prosecutors in Los Angeles anunced y were beginning extrition process to send him re for an arraignment on charges he raped a woman and sexually assaulted ar in 2013. That’s w on hold because of coronavirus crisis that has shuttered courthouses and limited travel.

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(With AP inputs)