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| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests positive ahead of Trump visit UPDATE: 2nd test is negative | ||
| 2020-08-06 | ||
| [Ynet] Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive Thursday for the coronavirus just ahead of a planned meeting with President Donald Trump. The Republican governor's office said he took the test as part of standard protocol before he was to meet Trump at an airport in Cleveland. He had planned to join the president on a visit to the Whirlpool Corp. plant in northwest Ohio. His office said the 73-year-old DeWine had no symptoms but was returning to Columbus before Trump had landed. His office said he and his wife, Fran DeWine, will both be tested there. DeWine then plans to quarantine at his home in Cedarville for 14 days.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's second COVID-19 test came back negative Thursday evening. DeWine tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday morning using a rapid test. That test was part of the protocol to greet President Donald Trump on the tarmac at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. DeWine then returned to Columbus and took a second COVID-19 test from Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center. That polymerase chain reaction or PCR test came back negative late Thursday night. First Lady Fran DeWine and staff members also tested negative. The first test was an antigen test. The second test was a PCR test, which looks at specific genetic material for the virus. It's known to be more sensitive and accurate. PCR tests for the governor, first lady and staff were run twice and came back negative both times. They were run on two different diagnostic platforms. "We feel confident in the results from Wexner Medical Center," DeWine said in a released statement. "This is the same PCR test that has been used over 1.6 million times in Ohio by hospitals and labs all over the state." Antigen or rapid tests aren't prevalent in Ohio yet. They are newer technology and DeWine plans to look into them further. "We will be working with the manufacturer to have a better understanding of how the discrepancy between these two tests could have occurred," DeWine said in the statement. Mike and Fran DeWine plan to take another PCR test Saturday, out of an abundance of caution and at the direction of doctors. Those results will be released. DeWine had planned to quarantine for 14 days at his Cedarville home. "I spend most days right here anyway," DeWine said via videoconference from the front porch of his home. "I’m on the phone a lot. I’m on conference calls a lot. So far my work is not going to be impacted." | ||
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 My father was a big fan of Dewine back in the day. He came over to the house and had my parents over for dinner. I'm not so much a fan. I hope he retires soon and takes pajama boy Husted with him. He has cherry picked data and experts to run Ohio into the ground. Before the China Virus he was a tax and spend RINO. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2020-08-06 16:44 |