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WASHINGTON Barron Trump, the presidents youngest son, tested positive for the coronavirus after his parents did earlier this month, Melania Trump, the first lady, revealed Wednesday, adding that he has since tested negative. President Donald Trump announced early Oct. 2 that he and his wife had tested positive, and the White House had said Barron, 14, had tested negative. But Melania Trump said in a statement Wednesday that my fear came true when he was tested again and it came up positive. Luckily, he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms, she said. President Trump, speaking briefly to reporters as he left the White House for a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, said Barron was doing fine. Melania Trump did not say when Barron tested positive, and White House officials did not say why they did not reveal it at the time. But the president and first lady have generally tried to shield Barron from news media coverage. A White House official said Barron had not been in contact with anyone outside his family and the residence staff since his positive test. St. Andrews Episcopal, the school in Maryland he attends, has been all virtual. Several studies have suggested that children under 10 are about half as likely as adults to be infected. But teenagers may be just as likely as adults to become infected and to transmit the virus to others. Public health experts have criticized the example the White House has set in taking few precautions against the spread of the coronavirus and the number of staff members who have tested positive as a result. President Trump has frequently refused to wear a mask and mocked his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, when he did, and many staff members, including Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, have followed his example. Returning last week from four days and three nights at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he received treatment for the virus, the president made a show of removing

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