The Latest: Pences send prayers to Trumps after COVID news

WASHINGTON (AP) " The Latest on President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump testing positive for the coronavirus (all times local):

2:20 a.m.

Vice President Mike Pence says he and his wife, Karen, are sending their 'love and prayers' to President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump after the Trumps announced early Friday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Pence says on Twitter, 'We join millions across America praying for their full and swift recovery.'

Trump's positive test came just hours after he confirmed late Thursday that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus.

The White House had no immediate comment on whether Pence had been tested after the Trumps' and Hicks' diagnoses.

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1:40 a.m.

President Donald Trump's White House doctor has issued a statement saying the president will continue carrying out his duties 'without disruption' after contracting the coronavirus.

Dr. Sean Conley, the physician to the president, says the president and first lady Melania Trump 'are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.'

Trump has canceled plans to attend a fundraiser and to fly to Florida for a rally on Friday, but he did keep on his schedule a previously planned midday telephone call 'on COVID-19 support to vulnerable seniors.'