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Oct. 2, 2020, 6:03 PM

Trump’s Covid Diagnosis Jolts White House and His Campaign

Jennifer Jacobs
Jennifer Jacobs
Bloomberg News
Jordan Fabian
Jordan Fabian
Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump’s diagnosis of coronavirus roiled Washington Friday, throwing even more chaos into an already frenetic election year with a month to go until the vote.

The president is experiencing mild symptoms, and is working from the White House residence, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters Friday, adding that Trump “will remain on the job.”

Yet Vice President Mike Pence, who tested negative for Covid, handled a call on the virus Friday that the president had been slated to lead. The Trump campaign said all of the president’s scheduled campaign events are being postponed or made ...

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