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Trump arrived Friday night (local time) by helicopter at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington. “I think I’m doing very well,” Trump said in a short video message he recorded at the White House.
Trump doesn’t need extra oxygen for his hospital treatment, a White House doctor said. Trump has started taking Remdesivir, the Covid-19 drug, from the US company Gilead Sciences. Trump had spoken after his admission to the hospital. He thinks everything is going well, he wrote on the short message service Twitter.
Melania stayed in the White House
As he left the White House, the President demonstrated to the cameras that he is standing. He showed reporters a thumbs up and saluted and then walked across the lawn as usual to the helicopter waiting a few feet away.
Trump wore a suit and tie and mouth and nose protection and was accompanied by employees who also wore masks. The 50-year-old first lady stayed in the White House. Trump said in his video message that his wife was “very well.”
Trump will work from the president’s office at the clinic for the next several days, the White House said. The president shows “mild symptoms” after infection. But he is still in a good mood and has worked all day.
Shortly after midnight, Trump wrote on Twitter Friday that he and his wife Melania (50) had tested positive for the corona virus. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery immediately. We will get through it TOGETHER.” Soon after, his doctor, Sean Conley, released a statement. At 74, Trump is considered a corona risk patient.
Also the electoral chief infected
As it emerged Saturday night, Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien also tested positive for Corona. The magazine “Politico” first reported on it on Friday night. Stepien received his diagnosis Friday night and had mild flu-like symptoms. “Politico” reported that Stepien still had control of the campaign from his central office. Earlier in the day it emerged that Republican party leader Ronna McDaniel had also contracted the virus.
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The infection is causing further unrest in the already chaotic election year. In less than five weeks, on November 3, Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden stand for election. Trump is now forced to suspend his personal appearances. Campaign manager Bill Stepien announced Friday that all previously announced events featuring the Republican would be postponed or held online. Biden continues his election campaign against him.
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Regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, he had campaigned in front of thousands of supporters in recent weeks, where he always appeared without a mask. Trump’s campaign team said events with members of the Trump family would also be postponed. For all other events, it will be decided on a case-by-case basis whether to hold or cancel.
Vice Pence tested negative
Vice President Mike Pence plans to resume his campaign events. Pence had tested negative for the coronavirus on Friday, according to his doctor. Pence would have to step in if Trump could no longer do his job. In light of the hospital stay, White House spokeswoman Alyssa Farah made it clear to ABC News that the president had not transferred the position to her deputy.
According to his personal physician, Trump received a dose of an antibody cocktail on Friday, an experimental treatment method. He also takes zinc, vitamin D, the stomach drug famotidine, the sleep hormone melatonin, and aspirin. He showed signs of fatigue; there were no further details about his symptoms. First lady Melania, on the other hand, was told that she was still fine and only had a slight cough and headache. The US media reported that Trump had a fever.
“He is a fighter”
Trump’s son, Donald Trump Junior, told Fox News: “He takes it seriously, of course, but he’s a fighter.” He was amazed that his father could contract the virus. “If he can get it, everyone can probably get it.”
The president’s infection once again highlights the pandemic, which is far from over 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 Democrat Biden for his caution in the pandemic.
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Biden refrained from attacking the incumbent during an election campaign, but alluded to his lax handling of the corona virus. Trump’s infection is a warning to take the virus seriously, Biden said in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “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.
“It’s not about being a tough guy,” said the Democrat. It’s about making your contribution. “We, as a nation, must better deal with this pandemic,” he warned. Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, had previously announced that the 77-year-old man and his wife Jill Biden had tested negative.
