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US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Sunday that he no longer has Covid-19 and that it is not a risk of transmission of the virus, as he prepares to start the campaign on Monday with a return to big rallies.
Trump said tests showed he could campaign again without risk to others.
His doctor said Saturday that the president had no risk of transmission, but did not address whether he tested negative for the virus.
“I passed the highest test, the highest standards and I am in great shape,” Trump said on Fox News Channel. “It seems that I am immune. I can get out of the basement. “
Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley said that Trump meets the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria for safely interrupting isolation and that according to “currently recognized standards” already it is not considered a transmission risk.
The memo followed Trump’s first public appearance since returning to the White House after being treated for the coronavirus, but did not specify when or if he had tested negative for the virus.
Some medical experts had been skeptical that Trump could be declared free of the risk of transmitting the virus so early in the course of his illness.
Just 10 days after the initial infection diagnosis, there was no way to know for sure that someone was no longer contagious, they said.
Dr. Albert Ko, an infectious disease specialist and department chair at the Yale School of Public Health, said the White House appeared to be following CDC guidelines on when it is appropriate to end isolation after mild to moderate cases. of Covid-19.
But Dr. Ko cautioned that those who have had severe cases of the disease should be isolated for 20 days, noting that Trump was treated with the steroid dexamethasone, which is normally reserved for patients with severe Covid.
He added that the White House had issued “intricate” statements about Trump’s health that left many questions unanswered, including whether the president ever had pneumonia.
Meanwhile, Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease epidemiologist at George Mason University, said the narrow time frame set by the White House makes it seem like “they’re really just pushing to get him out of isolation” and back on the campaign trail.
Hundreds of people gathered on the South Lawn Saturday afternoon for a speech about their support for law enforcement from a White House balcony.
Trump removed a mask moments after stepping out onto the balcony to address the crowd on the grass below, his first step back onto the public stage with just over three weeks to go on Election Day.
He scoffed again at his own government’s safety recommendations within days of acknowledging that he was on the brink of the “bad things” from the virus and claiming that his attack on the disease allowed him to better understand it.
“I feel great,” said Trump, who said he was grateful for her good wishes and prayers as he recovered.
He then declared that the pandemic, which has killed more than 210,000 Americans, was “disappearing” even though he is still recovering from the virus. – AP, Reuters
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