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ILLUSTRATION. Donald Trump left the military hospital on Sunday where he was being treated in a caravan. REUTERS / Joshua Roberts
Source: Reuters | Editor: Barratut Taqiyyah Rafie
KONTAN.CO.ID – WASHINGTON. US President Donald Trump left the military hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19 on Sunday in a caravan to greet supporters gathered outside. The action sparked criticism that it put others at risk of being exposed to Covid-19.
Launching ReutersIn a widely circulated video, Trump appears to be waving from the back seat of a black SUV Sunday night. He appeared to be wearing a mask while many of his followers cheered and waved the American flag. Supporters carrying pro-Trump banners were also visible outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington in Bethesda, Maryland.
According to Reuters, patients who test positive for Covid-19 generally must be quarantined for 14 days, the typical incubation period for the coronavirus to avoid infecting others. The disease has killed more than 200,000 Americans.
Trump tested positive Thursday and did not reveal the infection until the early hours of Friday.
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Shortly before that short trip, Trump posted a video on Twitter saying he would “give some of the great patriots we have on the streets a little surprise.”
White House spokesman Judd Deere described the trip as “a short last-minute caravan to greet supporters” and said Trump was rushing back to his hospital room.
Deere said “adequate precautions have been taken” before the trip to protect the president and his supporters. “The move was allowed by the medical team because it is safe to do so,” he said. Reuters.
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Criticism also came from various quarters, including from a doctor who attended Walter Reed.
