Fox News' Chris Wallace Tests Negative for COVID-19

By John Eggerton
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Fox News Sunday anchor was tested after moderating first presidential debate

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Fox News' Chris Wallace has tested negative for COVID-19 after moderating the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, from Cleveland. 

President Donald Trump tested positive for the virus only a couple days after the debate and Wallace "sat several feet away from the president for the entirety of the 90-minute[s]," Fox said in announcing his negative test.

Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts has also tested negative. He reported from home Monday (Oct. 5), having stayed there until he got the results, and said he would be back at the White House Tuesday.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.