UPDATE: I'm going for coronavirus test soon - Trump
Afnews Editor
Mar 13, 2020
US President Donald Trump said Friday he would "likely" be tested soon for the novel coronavirus, although he stressed he is "displaying no symptoms."
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Trump was pressed repeatedly during a White House news conference on whether he should be tested after coming into contact with a Brazilian official now known to have COVID-19.
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The president initially shut down the question, saying that per the advice of White House doctors, "I don't have any of the symptoms."
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"And we don't want people without symptoms to go and do the test," he told reporters.
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But when grilled by reporters about his encounter with the official at his Florida resort, he changed tack, saying: "I didn't say I wasn't going to be tested" and that he "most likely" would be, "fairly soon."
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"Not for that reason but because I think I will do it anyway," Trump said.
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