Published 14:37 IST, October 3rd 2020

Donald Trump's campaign manager Bill Stepien tests positive for COVID-19

US President's Donald Trump's campaign manager Bill Stepien, 42 has been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 on Friday, October, according to the US media reports.

Reported by: Sounak Mitra
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US President's Donald Trump's campaign manr has tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, October 2. Bill Stepien, 42, currently has "mild flu-like symptoms" and will be working from home until recovery. In dition, Stepien was promoted to run a high-profile campaign this summer to help revive Trump’s re-election bid. recent development was earlier reported by Politico which came hours after President Trump was mitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment for Covid-19.

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Stepien was among a group of senior Trump campaign staffers who were tested, but he is only one who tested positive so far. Earlier on Friday, he anunced that Trump campaign was switching all physical events to virtual events “temporarily” in wake of Trump's test results. 

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On October 1, US president and first ly anunced, just before 1 a.m. that y h tested positive to coronavirus following positive diagsis of Trump’s close viser Hope Hicks. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately," US president tweeted, ding, that first ly Melania Trump and he will “get through this toger.”White House Chief of Staff Mark Meows in a televised press conference said that as President continues to assume his duties out of his residence, White House staff is ensuring his health and safety.

Trump is receiving Remdesivir rapy at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre, where he was mitted last afteron after testing positive for COVID-19. According to president's physician Sean Patrick Conley, Trump completed his first dose of Remdesivir on October 2. Conley said that Trump is doing "very well" at hospital and is t requiring any supplementary oxygen. 

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In a press release, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that US President was experiencing some of “mild symptoms” from virus, but was, in fact, “feeling good.” In a statement, campaign manr anunced that all campaign events involving president's participation were in process of being moved to a virtual one, meanwhile, y could also be “temporarily postponed” in wake of President’s positive diagsis of COVID-19. events, Stepien ded, will be considered on a case-by-case basis and relevant anuncement would be me in days ahe. 

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14:38 IST, October 3rd 2020