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ORPresident Donald Trump has been taken to the hospital due to his coronavirus infection. He left the White House on Friday night, where he gave a thumbs-up to reporters present and saluted.
He walked a few feet across the lawn to the helicopter that took him to Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington. Trump wore a suit and tie and mouth and nose protection and was accompanied by employees who also wore masks.
“I think I’m doing very well,” Trump said in a short video message that he recorded at the White House and posted on his Twitter account. But he still goes to the hospital for safety. His wife is “very well.” The video was released when Trump’s helicopter landed at the hospital. The 50-year-old first lady stayed in the White House.
According to the government headquarters, the hospital stay is a precautionary measure on the recommendation of doctors. Trump will work from the president’s office at the clinic for the next few days. Trump 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 pass this TOGETHER ”. Soon after, his doctor Sean Conley issued a statement.
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 campaign appearances. Campaign manager Bill Stepien announced Friday that all previously announced campaign events involving the Republican will be postponed or held online. Biden continues his election campaign against him.
Trump wanted to travel to the states of Florida, Wisconsin and Arizona in the next few days. 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 President Mike Pence plans to resume his campaign events. Pence had tested negative for the corona virus on Friday, according to his doctor Jesse Schonau. Pence would have to step in if Trump could no longer do his job. A White House spokeswoman, Alyssa Farah, told ABC News that the president did not transfer the duties of the position to his vice president.
According to his personal physician, Trump received a dose of an antibody cocktail, an experimental treatment. He also takes zinc, vitamin D, the stomach drug famotidine, the sleep hormone melatonin, and aspirin. He was showing signs of fatigue, but he was in a good mood. 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.
The president’s infection now highlights the pandemic once again, which has not ended 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 had 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.
Biden refrained from attacking the incumbent during an election campaign, but alluded to his 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 asked 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,” the 77-year-old Democrat said. It’s about making your contribution. “We as a nation have to 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.
Biden and Trump took to a stage last Tuesday during their first television debate. The two opponents always kept a clear distance from each other; according to media reports, it was almost four meters. However, they did not wear masks during the heated and noisy discussion. Trump could have been contagious in the days leading up to his positive corona test. It was also unclear whether the candidates could have been in the immediate vicinity behind the scenes.
According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the risk of serious illness between the ages of 50 and 60 increases with coronavirus infections. Pre-existing conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity are other risk factors. Once a year a medical check-up is published on Trump’s general condition. Personal physician Conley wrote in the latest report in early June that the president was healthy.
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