Trump tests negative for COVID-19

By Reuters Posted on October 12, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump, with bandages seen on his hand, takes off his face mask as he comes out on a White House balcony to speak to supporters gathered on the South Lawn for a campaign rally that the White House is calling a “peaceful protest” in Washington, October 10, 2020. (REUTERS/Tom Brenner)

U.S. President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 and he is not infectious to others, the White House physician said on Monday.

In a memo released by the White House, Dr. Sean Conley said Trump had tested negative on consecutive days using an Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW antigen card. He said the negative tests and other clinical and laboratory data “indicate a lack of detectable viral replication