Trump’s son Barron tested positive for COVID-19, says Melania Trump

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President Donald Trump’s 14-year-old son Barron tested positive for COVID-19 but exhibited no symptoms, after both of his parents contracted the virus, first lady Melania Trump said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

“Luckily he is a strong teenager and exhibited no symptoms,” Melania Trump said in a statement. She said Barron has since tested negative for the virus.

Curfews and lockdowns as shaken Europe overtakes U.S. in virus surge

France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter, Reuters reports.

With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 COVID-19 infections are reported on average every day.

And with cases in France climbing fast, President Emmanuel Macron announced night curfews for four weeks from Saturday in Paris and other major cities, affecting almost one third of the country’s 67 million population.

“We have to react,” Macron said in an interview on national television. He said France had not lost control of the virus, but added: “We are in a worrying situation.”

Most European governments eased lockdowns over the summer to start reviving economies already battered by the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

But the return of normal activity – from packed restaurants to new university terms – fuelled a sharp spike in cases all over the continent.

Bars and pubs were among the first to shut or face earlier closing in the new lockdowns, but now the surging infection rates are also testing governments’ resolve to keep schools and non-COVID medical care going.

Even Pope Francis was subject to new coronavirus rules, staying put at a safe distance from well-wishers at his weekly audience on Wednesday.