⁍ U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 and were going into quarantine.

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⁍ Here are some of the reactions, on Twitter unless otherwise stated.

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⁍ Other leaders who sent Trump and his wife their best wishes on Friday included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

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– President Trump’s announcement that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for a virus that has killed people in other countries, including an 8-year-old boy in Texas, has left people around the world wishing the first couple well. Here’s what people are saying: “The news shows the severity of the US’ pandemic situation. It will impose a negative impact on the image of Trump and the US, and may also negatively affect his reelection,” tweeted Chinese newspaper the People’s Daily. “Like millions of Israelis, Sara and I are thinking of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and wish our friends a full and speedy recovery,” tweeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I sincerely hope that they will overcome the quarantine period without problems and regain their health as soon as possible,” tweeted German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “The president will beat it. The president’s beat just about anything that’s been thrown at him the last four years. I’ll think he’ll beat this, too,” tweeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Like millions of Israelis, Sara and I are thinking of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and wish our friends a full and speedy recovery,” tweeted German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “We know what it’s like to have, in our case a prime minister who tested positive for coronavirus, and setting aside politics we all want to see him and his wife get better soon,” tweeted Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.