Melania Trump says she is 'feeling good' after testing positive for COVID-19


First lady Melania Trump tweeted early Friday morning that she is "feeling good" after testing positive for COVID-19.
Both President Trump and the first lady tested positive for the virus on Thursday night. Melania Trump tweeted that they are "quarantining at home" and have "postponed all upcoming engagements." She asked Americans to stay safe, adding, "we will all get through this together."
The Trumps were tested after one of the president's close advisers, Hope Hicks, tested positive for the virus. She traveled with Trump to Cleveland on Tuesday and Minnesota on Wednesday, and tested positive on Thursday morning. NBC News' White House Unit put together a list of people who have recently traveled with Hicks, and it includes all of the president's adult children; White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows; Trump's personal lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany; senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller; and Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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