Trump returns to the Oval Office days after testing positive for Covid

A US Marine stands guard outside the West Wing, indicating that US President Donald Trump is in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 7 October 2020 President Donald Trump has been free of Covid-19 symptoms for 24 hours and has had no fever in four days, his doctor said on October 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump returned to work in the Oval Office on Wednesday just six days after testing positive for Covid-19, despite warnings his return could put others at risk. people.

The president’s behavior, who has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the outbreak, is under scrutiny as the number of positive cases among people working in the White House rises.

After conflicting statements about whether the president returned to work on Tuesday, a senior administration official told AFP that Trump was present Wednesday with an “extremely limited” number of staff in his office.

Trump, who was hospitalized Friday with the virus that has killed more than 210,000 people in the United States, came through an outside door to avoid passing through the crowded hallways of his residence, the official said.

“I just received information on Hurricane Delta,” the president tweeted, eager to project his return as a personal triumph over the disease, as he is on a losing streak in the polls against Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

Trump’s illness, like his dismissive stance on the virus, has sparked multiple controversies, including his departure from the hospital for television on Monday.

Right after getting off a helicopter at the White House, he climbed the stairs of his residence and removed his mask, a tool against the virus that he has often downplayed.

“Don’t let (Covid-19) dominate you. Do not be afraid, ”he urged Americans in his welcoming speech, despite the fact that the United States has the highest total number of coronavirus infections and deaths in the world.

‘Wacko for years’

On Wednesday, doctors reported that the president had been free of Covid-19 symptoms for 24 hours and had been fever-free in four days.

“The president this morning says ‘I feel great,'” Dr. Sean Conley said in a brief update.

In an apparent attempt to provide greater clarity on how the disease has progressed, the update also details that Covid antibodies were found in Trump’s blood tests on Monday.

Florian Krammer, a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York, told AFP that those results don’t mean much at this stage.

“It could well be that most of what is detected comes from the transfusion,” he said, referring to the experimental antibody treatment Trump received on Friday.

Trump has vowed to campaign again shortly and participate in the second presidential debate against Biden in Miami on October 15.

As Trump seeks to revive his re-election campaign in the face of weak poll data just four weeks before the Nov. 3 election, he called Biden “a madman.”

The latest polls predict a clear victory for Biden, with CNN giving the Democrat a national advantage of 57 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, and women voters going 66 to 32 percent in their favor.

“He’s been crazy for years and everyone knows it,” Trump tweeted. “Do you notice how all the bad things, like his very low IQ, are no longer reported? Fake news! “

Biden traded blows with Trump in last week’s chaotic debate, but the former vice president also appealed to a broad longing for calm.

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