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US President Donald Trump says he thought it would be "appropriate" to take hydroxychloroquine after two people working in the White House tested positive for Covid-19.

On Monday, Trump said he was using the malaria and lupus medication despite public health officials warning it may be unsafe to do so.

Elaborating further at an on-camera cabinet meeting on Tuesday, he said: "Somebody fairly close to me, a very nice young gentleman, tested positive.

"Plus I deal with Mike [Pence, the vice-president] a lot, and somebody very close to him, who I also see, tested positive. So I thought, you know, from my standpoint, not a bad time to take it because we had that combination."

Trump also confirmed that he is considering imposing a ban on travel to the US from Brazil, which has the world's third highest number of reported cases.

"I don't want people coming over here and infecting our people," he said.

"I don't want people over there sick either. We're helping Brazil with ventilators. Brazil is having some trouble, no question about it."