President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for the Coronavirus

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19, reports the Wall Street Journal . Trump announced the diagnosis on Twitter early Friday morning, after confirmation that Hope Hicks, a top adviser who traveled with him earlier this week, had tested positive as well. The President's age of 74 places him at higher risk from the coronavirus, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning that people in their 60s and 70s are "at higher risk for severe illness than people in their 50s." Shortly after Trump's announcement, the White House issued an updated schedule for him, which consisted only of "a phone call on COVID-19 support to vulnerable seniors."