This is what we know and what we don’t know:
WHO INFECTED TRUMP?
We do not know, although possible suspects are not lacking. Trump, who normally avoids masks, was around hundreds, if not thousands, of people this week, traveling to a campaign rally, his golf club, the presidential debate, fundraisers and meetings with people involved in Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
White House Counselor Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s closest advisers, fell ill with coronavirus Wednesday while accompanying Trump to a fundraiser in Minnesota, authorities say. It is not clear whether her case is related to the president’s. And Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, who was in the White House last weekend, announced Friday that he had tested positive.
The White House Medical Unit is scheduled to track the president’s contacts.
WHEN DID TRUMP COME UP THAT HAD BEEN EXPOSED?
That question is important to answer whether the president continued his campaign events and other activities despite knowing he could be infecting others, and to whether the White House was transparent enough about Trump’s illness.
White House officials say they learned of Hicks’ positive test results for the coronavirus on Thursday after Trump boarded the Marine One helicopter for a private fundraiser in New Jersey. But Trump went ahead with the trip and fundraising. He told Fox News that night that he was being examined.
Just before 1 a.m. Friday, he tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive.
WHAT SYMPTOMS DOES IT HAVE?
The White House has officially released few details except that he had a fever and was fatigued.
HOW ARE YOU TREATING IT?
Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said Friday that doctors were providing Trump with an experimental antibody cocktail; vitamin D; famotidine, which is typically used to treat heartburn and acid reflux; melatonin sleep aid; and an aspirin.
On Friday night, Conley issued an update saying that Trump “is fine” and “does not require supplemental oxygen,” but said that “in consultation with specialists we have chosen to initiate therapy with remdesivir,” an antiviral drug.
And while he initially said Trump planned to stay in the White House, the White House announced Friday afternoon that Trump would instead work from the “presidential offices” at Walter Reed.
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