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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said he will leave a military hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 later on Monday (October 5), urging people not to be afraid of the disease, which has killed more than one million people around the world and caused economic havoc.
Despite a wave of coronavirus infections that swept through the White House four weeks before the U.S. presidential election, Trump said he was feeling fine and would be leaving the hospital later in the afternoon after a three-day stay.
“I’ll be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 pm I feel really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it take over your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some drugs and knowledge. I feel better than 20 years ago! “he said on Twitter.
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Trump, 74, had a high fever and was given supplemental oxygen after his blood oxygen levels fell on Friday, according to his medical team. Doctors have been treating him with a steroid, dexmethasone, which is normally used only in the most severe cases.
“Over the past 24 hours, the president’s condition has continued to improve,” White House physician Dr. Sean Conley told reporters at a briefing outside the hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
Trump doesn’t have any respiratory problems, but Conley said “he may not be completely out of the woods just yet.” She added that the president would be surrounded by world-class medical care throughout the day at the White House.
Trump was reluctant to go to the hospital last week and is eager to get out, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Monday.
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Even if you are discharged, you will need to continue treatment, as you are still receiving a five-day course of an intravenous antiviral drug, remdesivir. The normal quarantine period for anyone who tests positive for the new coronavirus is 14 days.
Trump has frequently downplayed the threat of the pandemic that has infected 7.4 million Americans. In recent days, he released a series of videos to reassure the public that he is recovering from the illness caused by the virus.
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However, the coronavirus outbreak around Trump widened on Monday when White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she had tested positive for the virus.
McEnany, a well-known figure at the forefront of the White House’s often combative dealings with the media, held a briefing for journalists Thursday in which he did not wear a face mask.
Chad Gilmartin and Karoline Leavitt, who work in the White House press office, also tested positive, a source confirmed to Reuters.
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