Colonel Sean N Dooley said President Trump is not on oxygen and does not have difficulty breathing or walking.
“He’s in a very good mood,” he said while updating on the president’s health. “We are monitoring it very closely for any evidence of complications, either from the coronavirus disease or the therapies we are prescribing to improve it,” CNN said, quoting him.
Dooley said the president’s heart, kidney and liver functions were normal this morning.
Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said Thursday the president had “mild cough and some nasal congestion, fatigue” Thursday, “all of which are resolving and getting better.”
“The first week of COVID and, in particular, days seven to ten are the most critical in determining the likely course of this disease. At this time, the team and I are extremely pleased with the progress the president has made,” Conley said.
Trump, who showed “mild symptoms” of COVID-19, was airlifted to Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC, on Friday. Trump walked from his residence to take Marine One in South Lawns from the White House to travel to Walter Reed Hospital.
Trump, 74, and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, 50, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday.
“It’s going well, I think! Thank you all. LOVE !!!” Trump tweeted on Saturday morning.
While the president was taken to the military hospital, the first lady stayed in the White House.
Conley previously said the president was “tired but in a good mood.”
He said medical specialists have recommended Remdesivir therapy to treat the president’s COVID-19 infection.
“I am pleased to report that the president is fine,” Conley said in a health bulletin Friday night, the first after the president was taken to the military hospital as a precaution.
“You do not need supplemental oxygen, but in consultation with specialists, we have chosen to start Remdesivir therapy. You have completed your first dose and are resting comfortably,” he said.
The Trump administration had issued an emergency use authorization for Remdesivir earlier this year after the drug showed moderate effectiveness in improving outcomes for hospitalized patients with the coronavirus.
In a video shared on Twitter, Trump said he is “very good” and thanked people for their support.
“I think I’m doing great, but we will make sure things work out,” Trump said in the 18-second video he tweeted moments after his arrival at the military hospital.
“The first lady is doing very well. So, thank you very much. I appreciate it. I will never forget it,” he said.
Conley previously said that as a precaution, the president received a single 8-gram dose of Regeneron’s cocktail of polyclonal antibodies. “He completed the infusion without incident,” the doctor said.
In addition to polyclonal antibodies, the president has been taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin, he said.
Conley said the first lady is still healthy with “only a mild cough and headache,” and the rest of the first family “is fine and tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 today.”
“As a precaution, and on the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the president will work from the presidential offices in Walter Reed for the next few days,” said White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
Meanwhile, two senators, a former adviser to President Trump, his campaign manager and three White House journalists have tested positive for COVID-19, joining several officials working in the presidential palace to contract the infection.
Republican Senators Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah confirmed they tested positive for coronavirus.
Tillis along with Lee were seen at the White House last Saturday when President Trump announced his nomination to the Supreme Court.
Former White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway also announced on Twitter that she tested positive.
Like Tellis and Lee, Conway had participated in the White House event on Saturday.
Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien also tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. According to Politico, Stepien was experiencing “mild flu-like symptoms.”
Several White House staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent months, including National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien and Katie Miller, press secretary to Vice President Mike Pence.
In a series of memos, the White House Correspondents Association confirmed that three member journalists tested positive for COVID-19.
Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday wished Trump and the first lady a speedy recovery.
In a message, Xi said that after learning that Trump and Melania tested positive for COVID-19, he and his wife Peng Liyuan express their condolences and wish them a speedy recovery.
Trump has repeatedly blamed China for the spread of the coronavirus that first emerged in Wuhan in December before spreading across the world, killing more than a million people, including more than 200,000 in the US.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton also wished the couple a speedy recovery.
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