President Donald Trump was “very well” and “in a very good mood,” his medical team said Saturday at a military hospital where he was transferred hours after he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19, which which aggravated the situation. health crisis in the country and throwing his reelection campaign into uncertainty.
“At this time, the team and I are very pleased with the progress the president has made,” said Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician at Walter Reed Military Hospital, accompanied by the team of specialists and nurses who care for the President. “On Thursday, he had a mild cough and some nasal congestion and fatigue, all of which are now resolving and improving.”
President Trump has had no trouble breathing and has not been given oxygen. Dr. Shaw Dooley, a lead specialist on the team, said the president “is in a great mood” and relayed “I feel like I could get out of here today.”
Trump was transferred to Walter Reed on Friday “as a precaution,” the White House had said. And in a video message he tweeted after arriving at the military medical center, the president said, “I think I’m doing very well, but we’re going to make sure things work out. The first lady is doing very well. So thank you very much, I appreciate it, I will never forget it. “
President Trump had greeted reporters as he walked to the helicopter waiting on the White House grounds to take him to Walter Reed, a short drive from DC. But he did not respond to questions from reporters. He was wearing a mask, as were others with him, including his chief of staff Mark Meadows.
In the early afternoon, Kayleigh McEnany, the president’s press secretary, had said in a statement that “as a precaution and on the recommendation of his doctor and medical experts, the president will work from the presidential offices of Walter Reed for the next few days. “
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Dr. Conley, the president’s physician, had previously said in a statement that Trump was “fatigued but in a good mood” and had been administered a single 8-gram dose of a cocktail of antibodies against the coronavirus, which is a drug. experimental that has not been approved for use yet.
The president’s doctor also gave him zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin, and a daily aspirin.
The first lady “is fine with only a mild cough and headache,” the doctor said, adding that the rest of the first family tested negative.
But attendees and staff who had been with the president in recent days, whether at an event at the White House or in the election campaign, continue to test positive. Among them were Kellyanne Conway, a former Trump adviser, and Bill Stepien, head of Trump’s re-election campaign.
The Trump campaign, which has canceled all of the president’s rallies for now and had all family members address them online only, continued to target Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, signaling the urgency of situations with the choice. day within a month.
“Do you regret repeatedly attacking President Trump in a speech in Michigan the same day you were diagnosed with COVID-19?” Trump’s campaign published as the “question of the day” for Biden on Saturday, pointing to the former vice president’s comments on the economy and jobs.
But the campaign omitted Biden’s final comments: “I want to say God bless you, God protect the first family and all the families that are dealing with this virus, and God protect our troops.” Biden’s campaign also removed its negative ads about Trump, but the former vice president continues to campaign.
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