The announcement came after White House adviser Hope Hicks, one of Trump's closest aide, was confirmed to have tested positive for the virus on Thursday.
Trump did not say how long he was planning to be in isolation -- he is regularly tested for the potentially deadly virus but the tests can yield false negative results.
Research team identified 522,472 news articles that reproduced or amplified misinformation related to the coronavirus pandemic, or what the World Health Organization has called the "infodemic"
