China’s most popular messaging app WeChat is abuzz with fake news that President Donald Trump has coronavirus after he recently came in close contact with the Brazilian official who tested positive for coronavirus. The claim is false.

This is a snapshot from Wechat that says, “Officials from White House confirmed, president trump tested positive of coronavirus”.

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President Trump met last week a Brazilian delegation at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, some of whom have tested positive. Fabio Wajngarten, an aide to the Brazilian president, was among those later confirmed to have the disease. Wajngarten, a press secretary for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, posted a photograph of himself standing close to Mr. Trump. He tested positive several days after that visit.

President Trump, aged 73, took the test on Friday and he has tested negative for the coronavirus, according to a statement from the White House.

“Last night after an in-depth discussion with the President regarding COVID-19 testing, he elected to proceed,” according to the statement about the results released by press secretary Stephanie Grisham with Trump’s permission.

“One week after having dinner with the Brazilian delegation in Mar-a-Lago, the President remains symptom-free. I have been in daily contact with the CDC and White House Coronavirus Task Force, and we are encouraging the implementation of all their best practices for exposure reduction and transmission mitigation.”

The White House has said it would begin conducting temperature checks on individuals who come in close contact with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Official US advice for people who have contact with a confirmed case is that they should stay at home for 14 days. The U.S. has declared a national emergency to free up $50 billion in federal resources to combat coronavirus which has already claimed 54 deaths in the country.

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