QAnon followers bizarrely celebrate Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis

Followers of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory have reportedly celebrated the news that Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus.

On Thursday evening, Mr Trump announced that he and the US first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19, following the confirmation that his senior counselor Hope Hicks had contracted the virus.

After his diagnosis was announced, president Trump tweeted: “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”

On Friday morning, followers of the conspiracy theory QAnon reacted with celebration to the announcement on “free speech” site Parler, according to NBC News.