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The course of US President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection is arguably more difficult than the White House and his personal physician initially admitted. Reporters who normally accompany the president quoted an informed source on Saturday as saying that the president’s readings over the past 24 hours had been “very disturbing.” The next 48 hours are crucial.
“We are not yet on a clear path to a full recovery,” he said. Trump himself wrote on Twitter Saturday that he felt good.
The 74-year-old president of the United States was airlifted to Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington, on Friday night. The White House spoke of an injunction on the recommendation of doctors. Trump’s personal physician, Sean Conley, said at the hospital Saturday: “The president is very well this morning.” The first seven to ten days are the most important in determining the further course of the disease. “At this time, the team and I are very happy with the progress the president has made.”
However, Conley sidestepped the repeated question of whether Trump had not received additional oxygen during the course of the infection. This is not the case currently, he said. The “New York Times” reported, citing two sources close to the White House, that Trump had respiratory problems on Friday and that his oxygen levels had dropped. That prompted doctors to give him extra oxygen and transfer him to Walter Reed Hospital.
No hospital discharge date
Conley said Trump had a fever Friday night but has been fever-free for 24 hours. Conley declined to give any information about the height of the fever. She said Trump suffered from a mild cough, a stuffy nose and fatigue. These symptoms improved. Dr. Sean Dooley said Trump said that morning that he felt like he could leave the hospital. That was “very encouraging.”
Trump praised the nurses and doctors who treated him. “With your help, I feel fine,” he wrote on Twitter from the hospital on Saturday. In the last six months, a lot of progress has been made in the fight against the coronavirus.
Conley had already announced Saturday night that Trump was being treated with the drug remdesivir. The doctor said on Saturday that the treatment is currently scheduled for five days. If this is necessary, Trump is likely to remain in the hospital as a patient during this time. This is checked every day. Conley declined to give a date for Trump to be released from the hospital.
The EU is reviewing the drug remdesivir
Doctors view Remdesivir, which was originally developed to treat Ebola, not as a panacea for Covid 19 disease, but it is often helpful. According to the manufacturer, it can significantly reduce the risk of death if the disease is severe. The EU Medicines Agency (EMA) is now examining the active ingredient more closely due to possible kidney complications. Some patients are said to have had acute kidney problems, the authority said.
Conley said he recommended that Trump be taken to Walter Reed Hospital so he could be monitored and treated according to the most modern standards. The confusion was caused by the fact that Conley spoke of a diagnosis 72 hours ago on Saturday lunchtime. Elsewhere, she said the positive test result was available Friday night. Then the public was also informed. Trump met with supporters Thursday in New Jersey.
Conley said that first lady Melania Trump, who was also infected, is doing very well. There are no signs of hospital treatment and she is recovering at home.
With coronavirus infections, according to studies, the risk of serious illness between the ages of 50 and 60 steadily increases with age. Pre-existing conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are other risk factors. Once a year a medical check-up is published on Trump’s general condition. Personal physician Conley wrote in the latest report in early June that the president was healthy.
More and more infections in the Trump environment
After the coronavirus infection of US President Donald Trump, more and more infections are known in his environment. Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien also tested positive for the virus, as the campaign team confirmed on Saturday. Trump received further treatment at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington. The president tweeted from the clinic: “I think it’s going well! Thank you all. Love !!!!”
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie also tested positive for the coronavirus and is receiving medical treatment. The Republican also announced it on Saturday on the short message service Twitter. According to US media reports, Christie also participated in Trump’s preparation for the Republican television debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday.
Several participants in the preparations have tested positive for Covid-19, including Trump’s close adviser Hope Hicks, former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and Trump’s campaign leader Bill Stepien. It is unclear whether the Republican will be able to participate in the upcoming television debate with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, which is scheduled for Oct. 15. Biden continues his election campaign.
“Nobody wore masks”
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who was also involved in Trump’s preparations for the debate, told ABC: “No one in the room was wearing masks.” Five or six people were present. Christie said she expected a test result on Saturday.
The focus is also on an event with the President, in which many of those now infected were: The presentation of the conservative lawyer Amy Coney Barrett as a candidate for the vacancy in the Supreme Court on Saturday a week ago in the Rose Garden of the White House. More than 100 people gathered there in a small space. In the photos and videos it can be seen that few wore masks or kept their distance. The participants hugged or shook hands.
Corona’s tests have been positive for at least seven participants since then: in addition to the president and first lady Melania Trump, there are former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, Senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis, the president of the Catholic University of Notre Dame, John Jenkins, too. a reporter. Barrett’s replacement of the judge post should still go according to plan.
The White House Correspondents Association said that in addition to the reporter who was at the event in the rose garden, two other journalists tested positive on Friday. One of them was at a Trump press conference a week ago on Sunday, the other was part of the crowd of reporters traveling with the president during an election campaign the day before.
Close monitoring is necessary
Republican party leader Ronna McDaniel also contracted the virus. According to the match, she received a positive test result on Wednesday. The “New York Times” reported that McDaniel last met with Trump on Friday a week ago.
Following Republican Senators Lee and Tillis, his colleague Ron Johnson announced Saturday that he was infected with the corona virus. A Republican spokesman said Johnson had not been in the White House in recent weeks.
Regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump had campaigned in front of thousands of supporters in recent weeks, where he always appeared without a mask. It was unclear on Friday how regularly the contact tracing took place. There was criticism in the American media. The decision to travel to a meeting with donors in New Jersey on Thursday afternoon after Trump’s adviser Hicks’s positive test was known at the White House caused a stir. Trump also met with donors in the state of Minnesota on Wednesday.
7.3 million infections
Trump’s infection once again highlights the pandemic, which has not ended in the United States. More than 7.3 million infections are known and more than 208,000 people have died after infection. Critics make strong accusations of Trump for his crisis management. He said several times that the virus would just disappear and openly questioned his experts’ assessments. He mocked Biden for his caution in the pandemic.
After the infection by Trump’s crown, Biden’s team no longer wants to send out commercials that portray Trump in a negative light, attack him or discredit him. The “New York Times” and CNN station reported, citing the election campaign team, that the decision was made before Trump was hospitalized. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh accused Biden of attacking the president while he was performing in Grand Rapids, Ohio. “Now Biden wants credit for his generosity?” Murtaugh wrote on Twitter.
Counterpart Biden tested negative
During his campaign appearance on Friday, Biden alluded to Trump’s lax handling of the corona virus, but did not directly attack him. Trump’s infection is a reminder that we must take the virus seriously, Biden said. “It will not disappear automatically.” Biden called for people to listen to scientists on the pandemic, wear masks, keep their distance, and wash their hands regularly. Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, had previously announced that the 77-year-old man and his wife Jill Biden had tested negative.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the risk of serious illness between the ages of 50 and 60 increases with coronavirus infections. Pre-existing conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are other risk factors. Once a year a medical check-up is published on Trump’s general condition. Personal physician Conley wrote in the latest report in early June that the president was healthy. (Reuters / afp / apa)
