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US President Donald Trump is no longer contagious, nine days after being diagnosed with Covid-19, his doctor said in a statement issued last night.
“I am pleased to report that in addition to the president meeting the CDC criteria for safe isolation interruption, this morning’s Covid PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, that it is no longer considered a risk of transmission. for others, “said Dr. Sean Conley.
Dr. Conley, who has been accused of lack of transparency with the public, said that it had been ten days since Trump began showing symptoms of the new coronavirus.
The president was hospitalized a day later, on October 2.
The tests showed that “there was no longer evidence that the virus was actively replicating” and that Trump’s viral load was “dropping,” Dr. Conley continued, though he did not say that the president is now Covid-free.
Trump has no fever and his symptoms have “improved,” Dr. Conley said, adding that he will continue to monitor the president as he “returns to an active schedule.”
Trump, who stayed in the hospital for three days before returning to the White House, has been pushing to return to the campaign.
He is far behind his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, at the polls with less than a month before the November 3 election.
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Yesterday, Trump rallied hundreds of supporters for a campaign-style comeback event at the White House.
“I’m fine!” he stated as he stepped out onto a White House balcony, removing his mask to address the crowd below, most masked under their red “Make America Great Again” hats, but with little social distancing.
“Get out there and vote, and I love you,” Trump told supporters, who chanted “America” and “Four more years” during the speech that lasted just under 20 minutes.
While Trump has come out on his feet and appeared smiling and energetic in the White House, questions remain about his health.
His biggest responsibility, the overwhelming public dissatisfaction with his handling of the pandemic, has once again become the main theme of the campaign thanks to his own infection, and cases are on the rise again across the country.
The seven-day average of new daily cases recorded between October 3-9 (47,184) was the highest since the week of August 13-19, according to an AFP analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
“More than 213,000 Americans have died from this virus, and the harsh truth is it didn’t have to happen this way,” Biden tweeted yesterday.
For months, following the lead of a president who mostly avoided and sometimes scoffed at the wearing of masks, masked White House advisers were rarely seen inside the west wing.
Since Trump and his wife Melania tested positive, the mood has changed and wearing a mask was mandatory at yesterday’s event.
A similar meeting two weeks ago to announce the nomination of conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court has been singled out as a likely source for many of the dozens of positive cases linked to the White House since.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has referred to it as a “super-spreading event.”
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