Washington: US President Donald Trump said his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday has tested positive for coronavirus, the latest member of the president's inner circle where mask-wearing is rare to contract the disease.
The 76-year-old former New York City mayor's age puts him in a high-risk group. The New York Times and ABC reported he was hospitalized in Washington as the US faces a record surge in coronavirus cases on Sunday. Giuliani's diagnosis comes after he had been crisscrossing the country, leading the president's challenging and unsuccessful effort to undo Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 presidential election. During travels with Mr. Trump, Giuliani has been seen often without a mask: on Wednesday, he was at the Michigan state assembly in Lansing with his face uncovered for a hearing that lasted more than four hours. A few hours earlier, Giuliani was interviewed live on Fox News and showed no signs of the disease. Giuliani's son Andrew tweeted that his father was "resting, getting great care and feeling well," on Sunday. Andrew Giuliani works in the White House, tested positive for the virus late last month.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx expressed frustration Sunday at anti-mask sentiment in the US. The country with the most coronavirus cases and deaths in the world has seen a dramatic resurgence in its epidemic in recent weeks. A senior advisor in four US administrations, David Gergen noted on CNN that while dozens of people around Trump had now contracted the virus, only one or two in Biden's camp had done so.
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