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The president of the United States’ campaign leader also tested positive for the virus. Trump himself reports from the clinic via Twitter: “I think it’s going well! Thank you all. Love !!!!”
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 Saturday night. Trump received further treatment at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington. Trump wrote on Twitter from the clinic: “I think it’s going well! Thank you all. Love !!!!”
Trump’s personal physician, Sean Conley, announced that Trump was doing “very well.” The president is being treated with the drug remdesivir, among other things. You do not need any oxygen supply. White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Conley would speak from the hospital at 5pm (CEST) about the president’s health.
Trump was taken to the hospital on Friday night. The White House spoke of an injunction on the recommendation of doctors. The infection forces the 74-year-old man to suspend the electoral campaign a month before the elections. Stepien announced on Friday that all events where the president was supposed to appear in person would either be postponed or only held online. 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.
Focus on the Amy Coney Barrett event
After the Trump infection, the focus is now particularly on an event with the president, in which many of those now infected were: The presentation of conservative lawyer Amy Coney Barrett as a candidate for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court on Saturday a week ago in the rose garden of the whites. 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.
According to US media reports, other now infected people participated in Trump’s preparation for the Republican television debate with his Democratic rival Joe Biden on Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to Conway and Stepien, Trump’s close adviser Hope Hicks, whose infection Trump made public Thursday night, before her positive test result was known, was involved in the preparation.
Television debate: “No one in the room 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 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.
Multiple infections among Republicans
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.
It’s unclear how long Trump will have to stay in the hospital. The White House spoke for a few days Friday, noting that Trump would work from the president’s offices at the military hospital. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Remdesivir is administered for a total of five to a maximum of ten days based on approval in the EU. Close monitoring is necessary.
(WHAT / dpa / Red.)
