Published 12:12 IST, October 18th 2020
Melania Trump details her 'personal experience' with COVID-19
The First Lady of the United States Melania Trump recently posted a personal essay on the White House website detailing her experience battling coronavirus.
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First Lady of United States Melania Trump recently posted a personal essay on White House website detailing her experience battling coronavirus, which she tested positive for earlier this month. Melania revealed that her 14-year-old son, Barron Trump, eventually tested positive for virus, a diagsis White House did t share. As for her symptoms, US President Donald Trump’s wife wrote that y were ‘minimal,’ however, y had hit her all at once.
Melania Trump wrote, “I was very fortunate as my diagsis came with minimal symptoms, though y hit me all at once and it seemed to be a roller coaster of symptoms in days after”.
She added that she had body aches, headaches and was extremely tired. Unlike her husband, Melania did t go to hospital. In essay, she wrote that she did t opt for same course as President. She said that she ‘chose a more natural route,’ relying on vitamins and healthy food and t a cocktail of medications.
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Melania said that for her to be patient instead of a person trying to encour nation to stay healthy and safe was an ‘unfamiliar feeling’. She said that as patient and person benefitting from so much medical support, she found herself even more grateful and in awe of caretakers and first responders everywhere. “To medical staff and residence staff who have been taking care of our family - thank you doesn’t say eugh,” she said.
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“For me personally, most impactful part of my recovery was opportunity to reflect on many things—family, friendships, my work, and staying true to who you are. I am happy to report that I have tested negative and hope to resume my duties as soon as I can. Along with this good news, I want people to kw that I understand just how fortunate my family is to have received kind of care that we did,” she said.
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United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for Coronavirus on October 2 after one of President's close aide got infected with virus. Hours after First couple testing positive, Trump was later flown to a military hospital after being injected with an experimental drug combination at White House.
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On October 13, after Air Force One lifted off from Joint Base Andrews, president's doctor released an update on his health that said Trump had tested negative for virus — and had done so on consecutive days. His doctor, Navy Cmdr. Scott Conley said that tests, taking in conjunction with or data, including viral load, have led him to conclude that Trump was t contagious. While taking to Twitter, Trump had also claimed that he t only defeated “crazy horrible China virus” but was also “immune” to it w.
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12:12 IST, October 18th 2020