The White House said Trump did not take the nCoV test because of the low risk, although at least two MPs who had contacted him had quarantined himself.

"The President has not tested Covid-19 yet because he has not had close contact for any long time with any patient confirmed to be infected, nor does he have any symptoms. President Trump is still in excellent health and His doctor will continue to monitor closely, "White House spokesman Stephanie Grisham said on March 9.

The information came after the White House refused to answer reporters' questions at a press conference on March 9 about whether he had tested for nCoV.

The previous president shook the hand of Republican congressman Doug Collins when he visited the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 6, then sat in a car and had a plane with Senator Matt Gaetz on Monday. 3/9. Both congressmen isolated themselves from contact with a person infected with nCoV at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in Maryland from February 26 to 29.

Trump remains confident that the risk posed by Covid-19 to the United States is very low, and refuses to suspend the campaign, although many crowded events in the country have been canceled to prevent the spread of nCoV. .

The US currently records 708 infections and 27 deaths due to the disease. At least eight states have declared a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of Covid-19, including Washington, Florida, California and New York.

Covid-19 started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, now has appeared in 115 countries and territories around the world, leaving more than 114,000 people infected and more than 4,000 people died.