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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will remain in a military hospital on the outskirts of Washington DC for a few days as a precautionary measure following his Covid-19 diagnosis on Friday (October 2), the White House said.
His doctor Sean Conley said Trump “is still fatigued but in a good mood” through Friday afternoon, while his wife Melania, who also tested positive for Covid-19, was doing well with only a mild cough and pain. upside down.
Conley said Trump has received an experimental treatment, Regeneron’s REGN-COV2, Reuters reported.
The drug is one of several Covid-19 experimental drugs known as monoclonal antibodies, which are used to treat a wide range of diseases.
America’s chief of infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is among those who say the technology is promising.
Trump is also taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin, and a daily aspirin.
The president was unusually quiet on Twitter for most of the day after announcing his diagnosis, but in his first public comments of the night, he said he thinks he is “very well.”
“I want to thank everyone for the tremendous support,” Trump said in a short video message on Twitter, posted about the time he arrived by helicopter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
“I think I am doing very well. But we will make sure everything goes smoothly. The First Lady is very well, ”he said, dressed in a blue suit and tie.
He thanked supporters for their support and added: “Thank you very much, I appreciate it, I will never forget it.”
In a memo to the media, Dr. Conley said the president received a single 8-gram dose of the antibody cocktail from the biotech company Regeneron and completed the infusion without incident.
The president has also been taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin, he added.
Earlier in the day, press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump was in a good mood with mild symptoms and had been working all day.
“As a precaution, and on the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the president will work from the presidential offices in Walter Reed for the next few days,” he said in a statement.
“President Trump appreciates the great amount of support for both him and the First Lady,” he added.
According to reports from the media group, Trump nodded to reporters and briefly waved as he left the White House to board the Marine One helicopter and head to the hospital.
Wearing a mask, he walked normally on his own without any outward signs of trouble, the pool report said.
Former President Barack Obama sent a message of support to Trump and his wife Melania at the beginning of a fundraising event with vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
“Although we are in the middle of a great political fight, and we take it very seriously, we also want to extend our best wishes to the President of the United States, the First Lady,” Obama said.
“Michelle and I are hopeful that they and others who have been affected by Covid-19 across the country are receiving the care they need, that they will be on the road to a rapid recovery.” he said.
“We are all Americans and we are all human beings, and we want to make sure everyone is healthy.”
Barron, the 14-year-old son of the Trumps, Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden all tested negative for the virus.
While the impact of the diagnosis on the race is uncertain, Trump’s quarantine forces him out of the election campaign for now, a blow to his efforts to gain support at in-person events at a time when he is behind Biden. by seven points. nationally.
Trump was scheduled to meet with Biden on October 15 in Miami, Florida and on October 22 in Nashville, Tennessee for the second and third presidential debates, which are now on the air.
In response on Friday, Biden, who debated Trump indoors in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, said on Twitter: “(My wife) Jill and I sent our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a speedy recovery. . We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family. “
In a lunchtime survey of 1,000 Americans on Friday, Morning Consult and news outlet Politico found that just under half are more concerned about the economy following Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis.
About 56 percent say they disapprove of the way Trump has handled the coronavirus pandemic, compared with 41 percent who approve.
The majority, 53 percent, also say they are at least somewhat more likely to wear a face mask and practice social distancing, after learning that Trump tested positive on Friday.
Meanwhile, former White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway said Friday night (October 2) that she had tested positive for the coronavirus.
“My symptoms are mild (mild cough) and I feel fine. I started a quarantine process in consultation with the doctors, ”Conway, who left the White House in August, said on Twitter.
He did not say how he could have contracted the virus, but he did attend the White House ceremony last Saturday for Trump’s announcement that he would nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Bloomberg reported. .
Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Mike Lee of Utah, who also attended the event, had contracted the virus.
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