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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 5) – President Rodrigo Duterte hopes that US President Donald Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, will soon recover from COVID-19.
“You know, our president and President Trump are close friends. The President’s Message: wishes President Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania, a full and speedy recovery, “Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Monday, days after the US leader tested positive for the coronavirus.
[Translation: As you know our President and President Trump are close friends. Our President wishes President Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania, a full and speedy recovery.]READ: Here’s what happens if Trump gets too sick to govern
On Friday, Trump tweeted that he and his wife received positive test results for the disease just one month before the US presidential election, where Trump is seeking a second term against Democrat and former Vice President Joe Biden.
Trump, 74, has the highest risk of serious complications from the disease with his age and weight. The White House is now believed to be a hotbed of infection after some of Trump’s aides and select VIP visitors who joined a meeting last week also contracted the virus.
READ: Trump’s long road ‘exhausted’ towards coronavirus
Trump has downplayed the threat of COVID-19 and has said publicly that the United States is “turning the corner” of the disease even as infections exceed seven million.
Duterte and Trump, both seen as unorthodox leaders globally, have been in talks in April for bilateral cooperation for the COVID-19 response. The two shared a call at the peak of the global coronavirus outbreak, with the United States extending various forms of financial aid to the Philippines to increase the local fight against the disease.
Trump’s doctor said he received a cocktail of Regeneron polyclonal antibodies, an experimental mixture of antibodies that combines two antibodies used to treat COVID-19 infections, and that he has been taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin. after diagnosis.
READ: Trump is taking dexamethasone for his COVID-19. That could be serious, doctors say.
Meanwhile, the Health Department said the government is open to using Regeneron’s COVID-19 treatment once it has been shown to be safe and effective.
“We are analyzing whether it can be used here or not.“Said health spokeswoman Ma. Rosario Vergeire.”No scientific journal has been published yet because its … peer review, has not been done by scientists or investigator so that it can be acceptable evidence for all. “
[Translation: We’re checking if we can use that here or not. There’s no scientific journal which has published the findings so far because they (Regeneron) have not yet completed their peer review, it hasn’t been undertaken by any scientist or researcher to be acceptable evidence for everybody.]There is no vaccine or cure for COVID-19 yet, but the medical community is experimenting with existing drugs to treat patients.
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