UPDATE: Ohio Gov. DeWine has tested negative for COVID-19 after an earlier test came back positive causing him to scrap a scheduled meeting with the president, the governor's office says.
DeWine told reporters in a remote press conference that the positive result was"a big, a big surprise."His diagnosis was first revealed around the same time that Trump took off on Air Force One from Joint Base Andrews near Washington.The Republican governor's office had said he"plans to follow protocol for COVID-19 and quarantine at his home in Cedarville for the next 14 days," adding that Lt. Gov.
A few weeks ago, the White House coronavirus task force warned that the number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio were. So far, there have been more than 96,000 positive cases and nearly 3,600 coronavirus deaths in the state. Last month, DeWine issued a travel warning for people entering Ohio from certain states and a statewide mask order that requires people to wear face coverings in public, exempting children under age 10, along with some other exceptions.
DeWine is the second governor to test positive for coronavirus, after Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, also a Republican, tested positive for the virus in mid-July.
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