2 Oct 2020

US President Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19 - latest

From Checkpoint, 6:18 pm on 2 October 2020

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for Covid-19.

Mr Trump tweeted the news a very short time ago. It comes after his advisor Hope Hicks revealed earlier she was infected.

Hicks had travelled with the President on his helicopter Marine One to a rally in Minnesota on Wednesday.

US correspondent Jagruti Dave has the latest details.