China’s President Xi Jinping wishes Trump a quick recovery after testing positive for COVID-19

John Isige FXStreet

The President of China, Xi Jinping has sent a recovery message to the US President Donald Trump after he was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday evening. The two will spend a few days at the medical facility for treatment.

Despite the hospitalization, Trump is well and not showing any physical signs of illness. The president will go into Remdesivir therapy, a drug said to shorten the days COVID-19 patients stay in hospital. According to the White House physician, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley, Trump has finished his first dose and “is resting comfortably.

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