WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Donald Trump checked unfavorable for the coronavirus, his doctor said on Saturday, as the U.S. president extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to attempt to slow the spread of a pandemic that has actually closed down much of the everyday regimen of American life.
After White Home officials took the unmatched step of checking the temperature levels of journalists going into the instruction room, Trump informed press reporters he took a test for the infection on Friday night. On Saturday evening, his physician, Sean Conley, stated the outcomes were negative.
The U.S. president met with a Brazilian delegation last week, a minimum of one member of which has actually considering that evaluated positive.
Trump said Americans must reassess non-essential travel, which his administration was likewise considering domestic travel constraints.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Illness, said the nation has actually taped 2,226 case of the brand-new coronavirus but has not yet reached the peak of the outbreak.
” This will get worse before it gets better,” Cosmetic surgeon General Jerome Adams stated at the rundown. He included, “99%of individuals will recover and people need to know that.”
Critics have actually accused Trump of focusing too much on markets, which on Friday saw the three significant Wall Street indexes acquire more than 9?ter having had their worst day given that 1987 on Thursday.
All 3 indexes were nevertheless down a minimum of 8%for the week and about 20%listed below mid-February record highs.
At the briefing, Trump told reporters he was “honored to see that the stock market set a record in a short amount of time o