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"A
total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday.
That means I can't get it (immune), and can't give it. Very nice
to know," Trump said in the tweet.
The post was flagged by Twitter with a disclaimer.
"This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about spreading
misleading and potentially harmful information related to
COVID-19," Twitter's disclaimer read, adding that it had
determined that it may be in the public's interest for the tweet
to remain accessible.
A Twitter spokeswoman told Reuters that the tweet made
"misleading health claims" about COVID-19 and that engagements
with the post would be "significantly limited," as is standard
in such cases.
Trump said on Sunday he had fully recovered from COVID-19 and
would not be a transmission risk to others, freeing him to
return to holding big campaign rallies during the final weeks of
the race for the White House.
The president first announced that he had had a positive
coronavirus test on Oct. 2. Trump's physician said on Saturday
the president had taken a test showing he was no longer
infectious.
The scientific evidence is unclear on how long people who have
recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies and are protected from a
second infection.
Trump, who is trailing Democrat Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead
of the Nov. 3 election, is eager to get back on the campaign
trail after an absence of more than a week.
He plans to travel to the key battleground state of Florida on
Monday, followed by rallies in Pennsylvania and Iowa on Tuesday
and Wednesday, respectively.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru;
Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Rosalba O'Brien)
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