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Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus after downplaying disease

Donald Trump Jr has tested positive for Covid-19. Photo: AFP via Getty Images.

Donald Trump’s eldest son has become the latest family member to test positive for the coronavirus. Donald Trump Jr, who has repeatedly and dangerously downplayed Covid-19 despite 254,000 US deaths, has been quarantining in private after getting the positive test results earlier this week. A spokesperson for the 42-year-old said last night: “Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result. He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and is following medical guidelines.”

Donald Trump Jr is the latest of the Trump family to contract the virus with the President, his wife, Melania and youngest son, Barron all testing positive previously. The Trump family have repeatedly refused to follow guidelines often ignoring to wear masks in public places. Only last month, Don Jr declared coronavirus deaths in the US had dropped to “almost nothing”, as he questioned the seriousness of the pandemic as new records of daily infections were set in the States.

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