White House Physician: US Pres. Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 for consecutive days

Anil Panchal FXStreet

While providing health update on US President Donald Trump, White House physician Sean Conley said on Monday that the Republican leader tested negative for the coronavirus (COVID-19) for consecutive days.

The health official cited the Abbot BinaxNow antigen test as a base for the comments about Trump’s virus status following the previous day’s announcement that Trump is not a transmission risk anymore.

Also read: Dr. Fauci: COVID-19 in the US is “on a trajectory of getting worse” – CNN

FX implications

Updates like this can offer a positive hand to markets when bulls keep fuelling Wall Street despite a little news. Though, traders are more concerned with the US COVID-19 stimulus developments and may react to the news with a little zeal when Tuesday‘s Asian market gets active. That said, the market’s risk barometer AUD/USD remains depressed near 0.7200 by the time of the press.

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