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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will be hospitalized during the “next days“to be treated after testing positive for the coronavirus, but he will continue working, the White House spokeswoman reported this Friday.
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“Following the recommendation of his hospital and the experts, the president will work from the presidential offices” from Walter Reed’s military hospital “for the next few days,” spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said.
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Meanwhile, US television networks broadcast an image of the presidential helicopter on the White House lawn. The 74-year-old president announced early on Twitter that he and his wife were infected with the coronavirus and that they will be quarantined.
Since then he has not posted any messages. “The president is in good spirits, has mild symptoms, and worked during the day“added the official.
A month before the November 3 elections, the Republican president – who lags behind in the polls against his Democratic rival, Joe Biden had to suspend his campaign activities
What does the White House doctor say?
Trump received a dose of eight grams this Friday of the experimental antibody cocktail of the pharmaceutical company Regeneron and continues “tired but in good spirits “ hours after testing positive for covid-19.
In a statement, the president’s doctor at the White House, Sean Conley, explained that the president was administered this treatment as “precautionary measure” after this morning he was diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
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Specifically, Trump was administered “a single eight-gram dose of Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail. and completed the IV infusion smoothly“Conley explained.
In addition, the president has been taking “zinc, vitamin D, famotidine” -a medicine to treat ulcers or gastric reflux-, melatonin (a hormone to treat sleep disorders) and a daily aspirin, said the doctor.
“This afternoon, the president is still tired but in good spirits. A team of experts is evaluating him, and together we will make recommendations to the president and the first lady on the best next steps“in his treatment, Conley added.
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Melania Trump, who also tested positive, “is still fine, with only a mild cough and headache, and the rest of the (Trump) family is fine and today they tested negative for Sars-CoV-2,” concluded the doctor.
Regeneron’s drug Trump received, known as REGN-COV2, is part of a clinical trial advanced phase that has been developed since July in the US, Brazil, Mexico and Chile, to verify its effectiveness in the treatment of hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients with covid-19.
The 74-year-old president meets several of the risk factors for developing more serious symptoms of covid-19, due to his age, gender and the obesity he suffers from.
Trump has vehemently defended experimental treatments for COVID-19, and in May he received doses of hydroxychloroquine for two weeks with the aim of preventing the disease, even though there is no scientific proof that it works.
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In April, the president sparked controversy by suggesting at a White House press conference that ultraviolet light and disinfectant injections could be an effective treatment against the coronavirus, leading to an increase in poisoned people in the US. by exposure to chemicals.
Trump has not tweeted since early morning, when he announced that he had tested positive, and this Friday he let his vice president, Mike Pence, replace him in a telematic meeting with governors after having confirmed his contagion of covid-19, while his campaign announced the temporary suspension of his electoral acts.
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AFP AND EFE
