President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being treated in hospital after contracting coronavirus.

Mr. Giuliani, 76, has led the Trump campaign’s legal challenges to the election results. He is the latest person close to Trump to test positive for the virus.

According to the US media, he was admitted to the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington DC on Sunday.

He took to Twitter and thanked well-wishers for their wishes.

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Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes.

I’m getting great care and feeling good.

Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) December 7, 2020

His son Andrew Giuliani announced that his father was “resting, getting great care and feeling well”.

President Donald Trump also wrote in a tweet, “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!”

My Dad @RudyGiuliani is resting, getting great care and feeling well. Thank you to all the friends who have reached out concerned about his well being. https://www.bolnews.com/international/2020/12/coronavirus-trumps-lawyer-rudy-giuliani-admitted-to-hospital/amp/

— Andrew H. Giuliani (@AndrewHGiuliani) December 6, 2020

Coronavirus in the US

The US is dealing with the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the world. According to Johns Hopkins University, around 14.6 million people have been infected whereas 281,234 patients have died – the highest figures of any country in the world.

Trump administration is often criticized for its ineffective safety guidance and handling.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said on Sunday, “I hear community members parroting back those situations, parroting back that masks don’t work, parroting back that we should work towards herd immunity,”

“This is the worst event that this country will face,” she said.

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