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- A leading infectious disease expert has said that an event held at the White House was a “super-spreader” after 30 people contracted Covid-19.
- US President Donald Trump, who was also infected, is expected to resume his presidential campaign on Saturday.
- Trump spent several days in the hospital after being diagnosed and took a cocktail of experimental drug therapies.
America’s leading infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, has said that an event held at the White House on Sept. 26 was a “super-spread event” suspected of infecting numerous people, including President Donald Trump, with the new coronavirus.
“I think the data speaks for itself. We had a super broadcaster event at the White House, ”Fauci said during an interview with CBS News Radio. “And it was in a situation where people were huddled together and not wearing masks, so the data speaks for itself.”
About 30 people contracted the virus after the White House event, including Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Senior Adviser Hope Hicks, and Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
Fauci, the 79-year-old director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, has become a trusted voice as the country reels from the largest number of coronavirus cases in the world. He was often seen correcting Trump as the crisis worsened.
Back to public events
Meanwhile, Trump, who has been confined to hospital and the White House for 10 days, will return to public events and his presidential election campaign on Saturday, his doctor said.
In a statement from the White House, Dr. Sean Conley said that Trump had “responded extremely well to treatment” and that “since he returned home, his physical examination has been stable and with no indications suggesting disease progression.” .
Trump spent several days in the hospital and took a cocktail of experimental drug therapies that included steroids and some supplemental oxygen.
He is scheduled to address supporters on the White House lawn on Saturday at an event called “Peaceful Protest for Law and Order.” The president will make his remarks, his first in-person appearance since testing positive, from the White House balcony, according to reports from ABC and The New York Times.
Trump will hold his first campaign rally since testing positive for the coronavirus in Florida on Monday.
The president said on Twitter that the event in Sanford, Florida will be a “GREAT RALLY.” His tweet is linked to a registration form that requires attendees to assume “all risks related to Covid-19 exposure” from the event.
Meanwhile, the second presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden has been canceled, as the two leaders disagreed to hold the event virtually on October 15.
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) said the final debate will take place on October 22.
