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Trump claims he is ‘immune’ from coronavirus
US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he is now ‘immune’ from the coronavirus, though medical research has suggested it is possible to be reinfected.
“It seems like I’m immune, so I can go way out of a basement. It looks like I’m immune for, I don’t know, maybe a long time, maybe a short time. It could be a lifetime. Nobody really knows.” – Trump.
White House physician Sean Conley said on Saturday that the president, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 1 is ‘no longer considered a transmission risk to others’.
Before and after Trump’s infection, a number of White House staff members have also tested positive for the virus.
