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He assumes that he “will return soon” and hopes to continue the presidential campaign, says the US president. According to his personal physician Conley, Trump is not yet “out of the woods.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, who is infected with the corona virus, is “much better”, in his own words. When he was taken to Walter Reed Military Hospital near Washington on Friday, “I didn’t feel so good,” Trump said in a video posted on Twitter Saturday (local time). “I feel much better now, we are working hard to make a full recovery.” According to his personal physician, Trump is not out of the woods yet.
He hopes to “return soon” and hopes to continue the presidential campaign, the US president said. The next few days are “the real test” for the further course of her illness: “We will see what happens in the next few days.”
In the video, Trump emphasized that he “had no choice” but to continue working from the hospital: “I had no choice. I just didn’t want to stay in the White House.” They had given him the option of taking a cure at the White House and “shutting himself up.” His voice sounded a little thick and he seemed like he was out of breath.
Carefully optimistic
Trump’s statement was initially interpreted by observers in such a way that he was using it to justify his behavior in dealing with the corona virus, which included major election campaigns and a large renouncement of wearing protective masks.
As the political leader of the United States, you must be “on the front lines”: “I cannot be locked in a room on the top floor and be totally safe,” said the president of the United States. “As a leader, you have to face problems. There has never been a great leader who would have done that.”
Trump announced Friday night that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for the corona virus. On Friday night he was taken to Walter Reed Military Hospital outside the US capital, where he has been treated ever since.
His personal physician, Sean Conley, described his condition on Saturday as “very good,” the president had no respiratory problems and did not need oxygen. One insider described Trump’s condition in the past 24 hours as “troubling.” In the evening, personal physician Conley said that Trump was not yet “out of the woods,” but that he was “cautiously optimistic.”
Trump still has no fever and does not need extra oxygen. He worked on Saturday and moved around his hospital room without difficulty. The oxygen saturation of Trump’s blood was 96 to 98 percent, Conley said. This is an important value: if Covid-19 attacks the lungs, the body receives less oxygen.
Second dose of remdesivir
Trump received a second dose of the drug remdesivir without complications. It inhibits an enzyme in viruses that is necessary for them to multiply. The doctor had previously announced a five-day treatment for Trump with remdesivir. His condition will be monitored Sunday, Conley said.
Since Trump is not campaigning for the time being after his infection, his sons and Vice President Mike Pence should replace him. Trump’s election campaign team launched “Operation MAGA” over the weekend, based on the “Make America Great Again” slogan with which Trump entered the White House four years ago.
Trump’s chief of staff was concerned
Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, told Fox News on Saturday that doctors were initially “very concerned” about the 74-year-old man’s health amid a drop in blood oxygen levels.
“He has made incredible progress since yesterday morning when some of us, the doctor and I, were very concerned,” Meadows said. “Yesterday morning we were really worried … He had a fever and his blood oxygen levels were dropping rapidly,” Meadows said. However, since the situation has never been such that a transfer of official activity has been considered, this risk did not exist.
Meadows spoke on Fox News after several US media outlets initially reported the concern of a White House member who was later identified as Meadows. Meadows was quoted in the reports as saying that the president’s readings had been “very disturbing over the past 24 hours”; “The next 48 hours will be crucial for your treatment,” he said.
This assessment does not agree with the first official assessment of Trump’s personal physician and that of the president himself.
(APA / dpa / AFP)
