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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has “continued to improve” as he is treated for Covid-19, his doctors said Sunday, revealing that he could be discharged on Monday.
His medical team said his oxygen levels had dropped twice briefly in recent days and that he is being treated with steroids, but they gave an optimistic assessment of the 74-year-old president’s health and prospects.
“Since we last spoke, the president has continued to improve. As with any illness, there are frequent ups and downs throughout the course,” said Trump’s physician, Sean Conley.
Conley said the president was airlifted to Walter Reed Military Medical Center on Friday after a “rapid progression” of his illness, with his oxygen levels dropping worryingly low.
He received supplemental oxygen at the White House before being admitted.
Brian Garibaldi, another of Trump’s doctors, said the president had been “awake” and was feeling fine.
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“Our plan for today is for him to eat and drink, to get out of bed as much as possible, to move,” Garibaldi said.
“And if he continues to look and feel as good as today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as soon as tomorrow at the White House, where he can continue his treatment.”
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had said on Saturday that Trump’s health had left doctors “very concerned,” but that it had improved and there was never any risk that he would have to hand over power.
Meadows’ comments to Fox News capped a day of comings and goings in which conflicting reports about the president’s health created widespread confusion.
On Saturday night, Conley warned that Trump was “not out of the woods yet,” but that the medical team was “cautiously optimistic.”
The president posted a video on Twitter Saturday night looking relaxed in an open-necked shirt and blue suit jacket, telling viewers that he would “be back soon,” but acknowledging that the next crucial days would be “the real thing. proof”.
