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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, will be taken to a hospital this Friday (2) after receiving the diagnosis of Covid-19, said the White House. According to the US government, the decision to enter the health unit was taken as “precautionary measure“.
According to Kayleigh McEnany, a spokeswoman for the White House, Trump will be seen in Walter Reed Military Medical Centernear the capital Washington. An official helicopter will take the president to the unit.
According to the White House, Trump will work from inside the hospital’s presidential suite. The unit, says the government, has the structure for the president to dispatch the room.
Thus, the White House reported, Trump did not have to hand over the presidency to the vice, Mike Pence. It was also tested, but received a negative result for Covid-19.
Walter Reed Military Medical Center, where Trump is expected to spend the next few days – Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts
President Donald Trump speaks during the first debate of the presidential campaign on Tuesday (29) in Cleveland – Photo: Patrick Semansky / AP
According to a previously released government statement, Trump felt fatigued but was “excited.” Received a Eight gram doses of an antiviral cocktail are still being tested in the US., according to the official note.
First lady Melania Trump, who also contracted the new coronavirus, has a headache and moderate cough (learn more about symptoms at the end of the story).
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In addition to the cocktail, the president took food supplements, a pain reliever, and a medicine to protect his stomach. The statement did not mention hydroxychloroquine, a drug that Trump had championed in the past for use against Covid-19.
“It is being evaluated by a team of experts and together we will make recommendations to the president and the first lady on the next and best steps,” says the White House.
Also according to the US government, the other members of the Trump family were tested and received a negative result. Everybody is fine.
Coronavirus in the White House
Donald and Melania Trump on September 29, 2020 – Photo: Carlos Barria / Reuters
Trump and Melania announced a positive coronavirus diagnosis in the early hours of Friday, about 48 hours after the president participated in the debate with the opponent in the election dispute, Democrat Joe Biden, who did not contract the disease.
“Tonight, Melania and I tested positive for Covid-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will go through this together!” Trump posted on a social network.
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The Trump couple underwent tests later Thursday after Hope Hicks, an aide to the US president, contracted the virus.
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The aide was aboard the presidential plane with Trump last Tuesday, to accompany the president’s trip to Cleveland, the city where the debate took place. For the positive case of Hicks, Trump and Melania they were already in quarantine before the test result comes out.
Trump is 74 years old and, according to the US network CNN, he is a bit obese. These two factors make you more susceptible to developing severe Covid-19 symptoms.
3D reproduction of the model of the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) created by Visual Science. Within the lighter green, the red dots represent the “center” of the virus, the RNA genome; Green balls are “special” proteins that protect this genetic material. Around the green, the weakest red is the “shell”, made from a membrane removed from the host cell. The brightest red are the “matrix” proteins encoded by the virus. The ‘tips’ that come out of the virus are the ‘protein lances’, which the virus uses to connect to host cells and infect them. – Photo: Playback / Visual Science
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the main symptoms of Covid-19 are:
Less recurring symptoms:
- Sore throat
- Diarrhea
- Conjunctivitis
- Headache
- Loss of taste or smell
- Skin rash or discoloration of the fingers or toes
Serious symptoms (needing immediate medical attention):
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath.
- Chest pain or pressure
- Loss of speech or movement
