The evolution of Trump's health 1:37
London (CNN) -
United States President Donald Trump is not the only leader on the world stage to have contracted coronavirus.
His positive test, announced early Friday, places him in the company of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
1 of 26
|
Politicians and government officials who have caught the coronavirus - President Donald Trump and the first lady tested positive for coronavirus, along with one of Trump's top advisers, Hope Hicks.
This was announced by the White House on October 1.
They are both symptom-free and fine, the White House said.
See more in this gallery.
2 of 26
|
Alejandro Giammattei, president of Guatemala, contracted coronavirus and was at home recovering.
(Credit: PEDRO PARDO / AFP via Getty Images)
3 of 26
|
Jeanine Áñez - The interim president of Bolivia announced on July 9, 2020 that she has coronavirus.
On her Twitter account she posted: "I have tested positive for covid-19, I am fine, I will work from my isolation. Together, we will move forward."
Look in this gallery for other politicians and leaders who have been infected with coronavirus.
4 of 26
|
Diosdado Cabello - The president of the official National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela announced on July 9, 2020 that he has tested positive for covid-19.
"From now on I am isolated complying with the indicated treatment," wrote Cabello.
(Credit: Carolina Cabral / Getty Images)
5 of 26
|
On July 7, 2020, the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, announced that he tested positive for covid-19, speaking on public television.
Bolsonaro had long dismissed the coronavirus as a "little flu."
“Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later.
It was positive for me, "said the president.
6 of 26
|
The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, and his wife tested positive for covid-19, as reported by the president on June 16 on radio and television.
(Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA / AFP)
7 of 26
|
Boris Johnson.
The UK prime minister spent a week in hospital, including three nights in the intensive care unit, after testing positive for coronavirus, in March this year.
The president left the hospital in April, recovered.
(Photo: No 10 Downing Street via Getty Images)
8 of 26
|
María Eugenia Vidal - The former governor of Buenos Aires confirmed through Twitter on June 16 that she tested positive for coronavirus, although she is asymptomatic.
(JUAN MABROMATA / AFP via Getty Images)
9 of 26
|
Davi Alcolumbre.
The president of the Senate and the National Congress of Brazil, Davi Alcolumbre, tested positive for coronavirus in March.
He recovered at home, as he did not need hospitalization.
(SERGIO LIMA / AFP via Getty Images)
10 of 26
|
Quim Torra.
The president of the Generalitat of Catalonia tested positive for coronavirus, as announced on March 16.
Torra continued with his work in confinement and returned to his office on April 1 after finally testing negative.
(PAU BARRENA / AFP / Getty Images)
11 of 26
|
Davi Alcolumbre.
The president of the Senate and the National Congress of Brazil, Davi Alcolumbre (C), tested positive for coronavirus in March.
He recovered at home, as he did not need hospitalization.
(SERGIO LIMA / AFP via Getty Images)
12 of 26
|
Nadine Dorries - The UK Health Minister contracted coronavirus in March.
She was the first British MP to test positive.
Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds were at a reception with Dorries before the prime minister tested positive.
Dorries was in isolation at home and recovered.
(Ken McKay / ITV / Shutterstock)
13 of 26
|
Carmen Calvo.
The vice president of the Spanish Government was infected with coronavirus according to the Government of Spain reported on March 25.
She had to be hospitalized for a respiratory condition and returned to work on April 14.
(MARISCAL / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
14 of 26
|
Irene Montero.
The Minister of Equality of Spain tested positive for coronavirus, which led to her husband, Vice President Pablo Iglesias.
The minister overcame the symptoms and returned to her job on April 21.
Iglesias was not infected.
(PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP via Getty Images)
15 of 26
|
Rand Paul.
The Republican senator from Kentucky was the first from that country to become infected with coronavirus, as he revealed on March 22 in a statement on Twitter.
On April 7, he announced on the same platform that he had recovered.
16 of 26
|
Alex Campbell - The Buenos Aires deputy tested positive for coronavirus, as reported on June 16.
The legislator is isolated at home.
(Photo by Telam)
17 of 26
|
Omar Fayad - The governor of Hidalgo, Mexico, said on March 28 that he had tested positive for coronavirus.
On April 23, he tweeted that he had beaten the disease.
(Photo: @omarfayad)
18 of 26
|
Adán Augusto López - The governor of Tabasco, Mexico, said on March 29 through Twitter that he had caught the disease.
On May 4, he was discharged, according to what he himself communicated on his social networks.
19 of 26
|
Francisco Domínguez Servién - The governor of Querétaro joined the list of Mexican politicians with covid-19 on March 28.
On April 13, he was discharged.
20 of 26
|
Juan Carlos López Castrillón.
The mayor of Popayán, a city in southwestern Colombia, was at the center of a controversy since on March 20 he reported that he had coronavirus, five days after having participated in a meeting with President Iván Duque, who in turn submitted to a test that came out negative.
The Colombian Prosecutor's Office charged López Castrillón on April 23, because he did not report his state of health before meeting with the president and indicated him as "allegedly responsible for the crime of ideological falsification in a public document."
On March 20 - through a video - López Castrillón assured that he did not evade health protocols, since according to him, when he returned from Morocco on March 1 (having passed through Spain) there was no quarantine yet in Colombia and he had no symptoms .
On April 27, the Prosecutor's Office withdrew the security measure.
21 of 26
|
Michel Barnier - On March 19, Barnier, the European Union's chief negotiator, announced that he tested positive for COVID-19.
He was isolated at home and returned to work on April 14.
(JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)
22 of 26
|
Franck Riester.
The French culture minister was diagnosed on March 8 and was homebound until he recovered.
23 of 26
|
Yaakov Litzman - Israel's 71-year-old Health Minister contracted coronavirus in April and stayed home and doing his job.
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was in contact with Litzman and as a precaution he self-quarantined at the time.
Netanyahu has not tested positive for the disease.
(JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)
24 of 26
|
Prince Charles - The son of Queen Elizabeth and first in line to the British throne, he tested positive for coronavirus and was in self-isolation in Scotland.
On April 1, he said in a video on Twitter that he had overcome the disease.
25 of 26
|
Prince Albert - The 62-year-old monarch tested positive in March.
He remained isolated in his residence without serious symptoms.
(Kevin Winter / Getty Images)
26 of 26
|
Mikhail Mishustin - The prime minister of Russia was infected with covid-19 in April and was isolated.
Of those, Johnson was the most seriously ill after testing positive for the virus in late March.
He spent a week in the hospital, with three nights in intensive care and, upon being released from the hospital, said that "things could have gone anyway" for him.
Even after leaving the hospital, he had to spend time recovering at his official country residence, Checkers.
Johnson's disease, at the height of Britain's first wave of infections, complicated the government's response, not least as the virus spread through government ranks in Westminster.
Trump and his wife Melania, who also tested positive for the virus, may be asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms, as was the case with British Health Minister Matt Hancock.
How does covid-19 affect Trump's health?
4:42
At 74 years old and overweight, Trump, who has spent months downplaying the severity of the pandemic as deaths in the United States surpassed 207,000, is in the category at greatest risk of serious complications from the disease.
But the 50-year-old first lady is likely to have a lower risk of serious illness.
Johnson tweeted his best wishes to Trump and the first lady, saying that he hoped that "they will both recover quickly from the coronavirus."
The president and first lady of the United States can expect to receive the best care the country has to offer.
But some fear that the whole picture is not being given.
Even when the British Prime Minister was in hospital, the daily briefings in Downing Street cheerfully proclaimed that he was in a "good mood" when, in fact, according to Johnson's own account, the situation was significantly more dire.
Study contradicts idea about children and coronavirus 0:54
Contempt for masks and physical distancing
In Brazil, populist leader Bolsonaro spent months downplaying the coronavirus threat, like Trump, dismissing it as a "little flu" and assuring his compatriots that they had little to fear.
The 65-year-old has also shown disdain for precautions such as wearing masks and social distancing, both before and since his positive test in early July.
Less than two weeks after testing positive, Bolsonaro took a walk on the grounds of his presidential palace and greeted a crowd of supporters, a video broadcast live on his Facebook page showed.
MIRA: Bolsonaro affirms that no one can be forced to be vaccinated against covid-19
While the president of Brazil wore a mask, he was closely flanked by several advisers who did not seem to constantly maintain a significant physical distance from him.
He repeatedly lowered his mask as he spoke, even when advisers were nearby.
Others in his government were also affected by the virus.
Two Brazilian ministers and three other high-ranking government officials confirmed that they had also tested positive before the end of July.
Credit: Andressa Anholete / Getty Images
Brazil is among the countries most affected by covid-19, only surpassed by the United States in the number of deaths, with more than 144,000 registered, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
The UK has the fifth highest number of coronavirus deaths on record in the world, with over 42,000.
Some polls suggest that Johnson and Bolsonaro received a small boost in public support after their coronavirus disease.
Increase in approval after illness
Polling organization YouGov tweeted on Friday that Johnson saw a second small increase in his already rising personal approval rating, from 54% to 60%, specifically after his hospitalization.
However, this was not the case for his government, which had already seen an increase in support four days before its positive test, YouGov said.
Johnson's personal approval rating had fallen to 35% as of Sept. 28, according to the YouGov poll.
In August, a month after his own positive test, Bolsonaro recorded the highest approval rate for his government since the beginning of his term in January 2019, according to a poll by Datafolha, Brazil's largest opinion polling institute. .
The survey indicated that 37% of Brazilians considered Bolsonaro's government "good or excellent" in August, 5% more than in the previous survey in July.
Concern for Trump and Biden advisers
It's unclear how many White House staff or senior Republican figures will have to isolate themselves after coming into contact with Trump or those close to him.
The president had said Thursday night that he planned to self-quarantine after one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks, tested positive for the infection, bringing the disease to his inner circle.
LOOK: Minute by minute: the health of Donald and Melania Trump
While the White House frequently touts its extensive testing regimen for the president and those who approach him (his aides have called him the "most tested man in the country"), infections have underscored the shortcomings of relying solely on the tests to prevent contagion.
In May, two White House employees, including a member of the Navy who serves as one of Trump's personal advisers, tested positive for the virus, and in July a cafeteria employee on the White House grounds also it tested positive.
The president confirmed a fourth positive case on the White House grounds last month.
There will also be concern in the field of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that he may have been exposed to the virus.
MIRA: Chronology | Trump tests positive for coronavirus: who did he meet and where did he go before his diagnosis
He and Trump shared the stage Tuesday night in the first presidential debate, an event characterized by moody shouts, in which Trump mocked Biden for wearing a mask frequently.
Biden and his wife, Jill, wished the Trumps a "speedy recovery" in a tweet on Friday.
"We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the President and his family," Biden said.
Donald trump