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Donald Trump outside the White House, without a mask, just days after testing positive for coronavirus (Getty)

Don’t be afraid of Covid-19, says Donald Trump, standing outside the White House, still contagious and not wearing a mask.

In the video posted to his Twitter account on Monday evening, the US president appears to boast about the coronavirus risks he took to “lead” the country, without mentioning the linked cluster of Covid-19 cases among White House aides, journalists and senators.

Neither does he mention the extraordinary treatment he benefited from, which most citizens could never hope to receive: he was medevacked to a VIP suite at Walter Reed Medical Centre, where dozens of medics administered experimental drugs not available on the market.