“My wife Peng Liyuan and I express our sympathy and hope for your speedy recovery,” the Global Times message quoted.

Earlier, Trump said that he and his wife Melania had confirmed the coronavirus.

Before leaving for the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Maryland, he published a video message in which he assured that he and First Lady Melania were doing well.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin wished Trump and his wife a speedy recovery, and ex-US President Barack Obama, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also spoke with words of support.

As reported, the American president was given the drug Remdesivir.