US president Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19, Mr Trump said on Sunday, after the former New York mayor’s cross-country efforts to persuade Republican state lawmakers to help reverse the president’s election defeat. Mr Giuliani (76) is the latest in a long string of people close to the White House, including Mr Trump himself, sickened in a pandemic that has killed more than 280,000 Americans. in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus,” Mr Trump said, using a term for Covid-19 that has drawn backlash. Two sources told Reuters that Mr Giuliani was at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, on Sunday. Both Mr Trump and Mr Giuliani have repeatedly claimed, contrary to evidence, that the outcome was marred by widespread fraud.

Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2020 20:41 UTC