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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s doctor said on Thursday (October 8) that Trump had completed his course of therapy for the coronavirus, has been stable since returning to the White House and could return to his public commitments on Saturday.
Dr. Sean Conley said in a memo published by the White House that Trump had responded “extremely well” to the treatment without any evidence of adverse effects.
Trump was hospitalized last Friday after he announced that he had contracted the coronavirus. He returned to the White House on Monday.
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“Since he returned home, his physical examination has been stable and with no indications suggesting disease progression,” Conley wrote.
“Saturday will be the 10th since Thursday’s diagnosis, and based on the track record of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the president’s safe return to public engagements at that time.”
Trump, confined to the White House with the illness he has tried to minimize, has been eager to get back on the campaign trail as he follows Democratic candidate Joe Biden in national polls ahead of the Nov.3 election.
The president has been criticized both for his administration’s handling of the pandemic and for his response to his own diagnosis.
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Earlier Thursday, Trump said he didn’t think it was contagious and that he was feeling well enough to resume campaign rallies.
Trump has held indoor and outdoor rallies with thousands of people, many of whom don’t wear masks, against the advice of public health professionals.
“I would love to do a rally tonight. I wanted to do one last night,” Trump told Fox Business Network, adding that “if I’m at a rally, I’m alone, far away from everyone.”
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The White House has declined to say when Trump last tested negative for coronavirus.
The president’s positive test marked him from the in-person events that have been the lifeblood of his campaign.
Trump withdrew from a second debate with Biden after the Presidential Debate Committee announced that the October 15 event would be held in a virtual format, with the candidates in separate venues, to ensure that he could move forward regardless of who. Trump remained virus-free or not. .
“I feel good, really good,” Trump said in the Fox interview. Trump said he had stopped taking “most therapies” for the virus, but was still on steroids.
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As layoffs in key sectors raise doubts about the fragile economic recovery, Trump said he suspended negotiations with Congress for a new round of stimulus for the ailing economy because they were going nowhere.
But he said some discussions are underway with Democrats about increasing support for US airlines and providing US $ 1,200 stimulus checks.
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Trump has faced criticism for underestimating the coronavirus, which has killed more than 210,000 Americans and put millions out of work. Even since revealing his own illness last Friday, Trump has downplayed the dangers of respiratory illness and has been censured by social media platforms for spreading misinformation about it.
“I think it was a blessing from God that I caught it. It was a blessing in disguise,” Trump said in the video posted to his Twitter account Wednesday, adding that his use of an experimental drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had allowed him to experiment first. hand how effective it could be.
He said he would make the treatment available for free, but did not say how he would do it or who would pay for the cost of the treatments. The United States reports more than 44,000 new infections each day.
The Fox Business Network interview was conducted over the phone. Other than videos posted to his Twitter account, Trump has not been seen in public since he returned to the White House from the hospital Monday night.
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