Rudy Giuliani in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

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 2020-12-07

Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19, President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday.

"@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus. Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!" Trump tweeted.

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Giuliani, 76, was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington Sunday, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. It is unclear when exactly Giuliani tested positive or the details of his condition.

The former New York City mayor tweeted out Sunday night that he's feeling good.

"Thank you to all my friends and followers for all the prayers and kind wishes," Giuliani tweeted. "I’m getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything."

He has spent the last month traveling the country fighting the 2020 election results in states including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona on behalf of the president. On Wednesday, Giuliani attended a hearing in the Michigan House of Representatives where he was seen without a mask and argued the election was riddled with fraud.

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Regis Duvignau/Reuters, FILE - PHOTO: Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City, delivers his speech as he attends the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), meeting in Villepinte, France, June 30, 2018.

The next day he appeared at a hearing at the Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee to contest that state's results. Not all of the state senators in the hearing were seen wearing masks.

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"Senate staff members who were present in the committee room for the hearings have been instructed to work from home until they have an opportunity to take a COVID test and receive the results," a spokesperson for the Georgia state senate told ABC News.

The Trump campaign claims Giuliani "did not experience any symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 until more than 48 hours after his return" and tested negative before he traveled to each state, the campaign said in a statement Sunday.

The Trump campaign also says that other "team members" who came in close contact with Giuliani will "be following their physicians’ directives and CDC guidelines on self-isolation and testing"—but the campaign does not name any names or mention if Trump Legal adviser Jenna Ellis will be quarantining.

Ellis was with Giuliani Thursday and attended the White House senior staff Christmas party Friday. She previously had the coronavirus over the summer, sources tell ABC.

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The Washington Post/Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: Rudy Giuliani greets President-elect Donald Trump at the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster Township, N.J., Nov. 20, 2016.

Giuliani appeared in an interview on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo Sunday that was taped at 9 a.m.

He becomes the latest in a growing list of White House officials who have tested positive for the virus. The president, along with first lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron, contracted the virus in October, a week after they hosted a gathering of officials to announce the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and campaign adviser Chris Christie were also diagnosed with COVID-19 around that time.

More officials have announced they contracted the disease in the last few weeks. On Nov. 9, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson contracted COVID-19.

On Nov. 20, Giuliani's son, Andrew Giuliani, who serves as a special assistant to the president, tested positive for the coronavirus and a day later, Donald Trump Jr. tested positive .

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The country is seeing a jump in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Experts warn that the numbers will get worse as America heads into the winter.

Last week, the White House Coronavirus Task Force issued a warning to the nation's governors urging them to advise senior citizens to avoid leaving their homes for nonessential activities.

"It must be made clear that if you are over 65 or have significant health conditions, you should not enter any indoor public spaces where anyone is unmasked due to the immediate risk to your health," the memo said.

The memo also warned that Americans who celebrated Thanksgiving with anyone outside their household are infectious and “dangerous to others.”

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Guest
·12-06
GREAT!!! America’s Mayor what a joke!!!
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·12-06
Crime was hugely down & NYC was much cleaner & safer under him!!
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Ty Ryan
·12-06
Prayers for a speedy recovery 🙏
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Random Citizen
·12-06
LOL, not really
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Guest
·12-24
His io
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Patricia Canty
·12-20
what goes around comes around rudy.think about that next time you lie or are dishonest to the American people.
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Charlotte Skinner Hilliard
·03-04
isn't that all politicans . all corrupt , well maybe 99,9%
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Yanira Feliciano
·12-14
Funny how the president and mayor contracted Covid and are over 70 and got better quick... the government is so crooked... lmaoooo... People need to wake up
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Guest
·12-13
The China virus! What a joke of a president we still have! I can’t wait till he is out or in jail.
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Willie Wright
·12-12
Rudi to the mental health ward.
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·12-12
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
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Boyle Adam Joshua
·12-10
hopefully he dies
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Julie Muir
·12-10
They shuld let that fascist die.
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Carmz Haar
·12-10
He is not dead for being reckless yet.
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jd17
·12-09
Karma is a bitch!!!!
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db
·12-08
gas pains... that's all, shake it off !
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Julie Muir
·12-10
HANG OVER. The fool is a lying drunk. HE GETS THE MEDISON THAT WORKS WHILE EVERYONE ELCE DIES. HOW IS THAT RIGHT WHEN EVIL IS REWARDED WHILE GOOD SUFFERS?
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Guest
·12-08
Rudy will be just fine
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Julie Muir
·12-10
To bad!
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Panda Q
·12-08
He got the virus from yall republican sheep who dont wear masks. Oops sprry if this offended you Snowflake
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Panda Q
·12-08
🤡
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·12-08
He should stop kissing trump
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Julie Muir
·12-10
I guess the smell of dog poop dosnt bother him.
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Leonard Meredith
·12-08
he just didn't believe he could catch it now I guess he is a believer to wear his mask and stay away from people may God heals him
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Julie Muir
·12-10
Why? He is an evil little troll that wouldnt give a rats azz if you died. I am sick of evil people liveing while the rest of us are dying. WHY WOULD YOUR GOD HEAL HIM AND NOT US?
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tha giant
·12-08
god bless u Rudy...thank you for taking on the dirty cheating communist demonrats...they probably planted someone to give it to them...Funny how when Trump was about to debate he got it, just like the virus came out during election yr...Then Rudy is about to overturn the election and all of a sudden he gets Covid too...Would not surprise me if they put someone infected near them to derail them just like they have the last 4yrs...U communists will never get my American vote! You spineless Republicans better start fighting for what your voted in for as the ones that have sat on the sidelines are no better than the dirty Dems
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Guest
·12-08
Ok one try not being a dumbass for a minute. I'm pretty sure he got it flying all over hot spots failing at overturning the election. He wasn't about to do anything. Hopefully, he doesn't pass from this. Even for him having your last memory being in a room and passing gas would suck.
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Lorna Johnston
·12-08
He doesn't have the virus any more than Trump had it. Just a way to side track away from his media circus.
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David Tate
·12-08
So is it a game now 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔💯💯💯💯
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·12-08
For what reason does this cockroach have to be hospitalized?
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