WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump left the hospital where he was treated for COVID-19 on Monday and boarded a helicopter to return to a White House hit by a wave of infections and a campaign even more overshadowed by the pandemic four weeks before Election Day.
Wearing what appeared to be a white surgical mask, Trump clenched his fist and raised his thumb as he descended the stairs from Walter Reed Medical Center outside Washington, answering a reporter’s question about how many people in the White House were infected by saying, “Thank you very much.”
The Republican president, who is running for re-election against Democrat Joe Biden in the November 3 US elections, was admitted to hospital on Friday after being diagnosed with the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
“I feel really good!” she said on Twitter earlier. “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it take over your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than 20 years ago!”
The disease has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and more than 209,000 in the United States alone, the highest death toll of any country.
Trump, 74, has not had a fever in more than 72 hours and his oxygen levels are normal, his medical team told reporters outside the hospital. However, doctors declined to discuss any toll the illness could have on the president’s lungs or reveal when Trump last tested negative for the coronavirus.
The team added that the president had received supplemental oxygen twice in recent days.
“He may not be completely out of the woods yet,” Dr. Sean said. P. Conley, the White House physician, said. “If we can get to Monday with him staying the same or improving, better yet, then we will all take that last, deep breath of relief.”
However, Conley said the medical team believed that Trump was ready to leave the hospital, emphasizing that he would have world-class medical care around the clock at the White House.
Conley said doctors were in “uncharted territory” because Trump had received certain therapies so early in the course of the illness.
Wearing what appeared to be a white surgical mask, Trump clenched his fist and raised his thumb as he descended the stairs from Walter Reed Medical Center outside Washington, answering a reporter’s question about how many people in the White House were infected by saying, “Thank you very much.”
The Republican president, who is running for re-election against Democrat Joe Biden in the November 3 US elections, was admitted to hospital on Friday after being diagnosed with the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
“I feel really good!” she said on Twitter earlier. “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it take over your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than 20 years ago!”
The disease has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and more than 209,000 in the United States alone, the highest death toll of any country.
Trump, 74, has not had a fever in more than 72 hours and his oxygen levels are normal, his medical team told reporters outside the hospital. However, doctors declined to discuss any toll the illness could have on the president’s lungs or reveal when Trump last tested negative for the coronavirus.
The team added that the president had received supplemental oxygen twice in recent days.
“He may not be completely out of the woods yet,” Dr. Sean said. P. Conley, the White House physician, said. “If we can get to Monday with him staying the same or improving, better yet, then we will all take that last, deep breath of relief.”
However, Conley said the medical team believed that Trump was ready to leave the hospital, emphasizing that he would have world-class medical care around the clock at the White House.
Conley said doctors were in “uncharted territory” because Trump had received certain therapies so early in the course of the illness.
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