After testing positive for coronavirus, US President Donald Trump has now been transferred to a military hospital.
It was a precautionary measure on the recommendation of doctors, he said from the White House.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said US President Donald Trump had mild symptoms of illness after becoming infected.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s coronavirus test has been negative. This was announced by his doctor.
After being infected with the corona virus, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is transferred to the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, north of Washington. The White House announced Friday that Trump would be working in the hospital offices for the next several days.
Despite the corona infection, Trump made a positive statement about his health in a video message. I think I’m doing very well. But we want to make sure everything goes smoothly. The First Lady is also doing very well, ”Trump said at the embassy. The video was posted on Twitter after Trump was taken to the military hospital.
Receive good wishes, also from North Korea
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North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un wished the US president and his wife a speedy recovery at an embassy, state media reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte also wished US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who was also infected, a speedy recovery. “Stay strong and keep going!” (“Stay strong and don’t let yourself fall!”) Macron handwritten Friday on a card addressed to “Dear Donald” and visible on Facebook.
According to the Elysee Palace circles, the “Première Dame” Brigitte Macron sent an additional message to the First Lady of the United States, with the “warmest wishes” for a speedy recovery.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also wished the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who had Covid-19, and his wife Melania a speedy recovery.
“I would like to start today by wishing you both a full and speedy recovery,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in Geneva. Under Trump, the US government announced its departure from the WHO in July amid the corona pandemic.
WHO emergency aid coordinator Mike Ryan said: “It is a frightening virus and can cause serious illness, especially in older people with underlying illnesses. Therefore, we wish the president and his partner the best in this situation and all those who are affected by this outbreak, ”he continued.
It is a precautionary measure recommended by doctors. Trump showed “mild symptoms” after the infection. According to a person familiar with the situation, the president has a low temperature. But he is still in a good mood and has worked all day.
Trump did not hand over his official business to his Vice President Mike Pence. Trump made his way from the White House to the helicopter that was supposed to take him to the hospital.
“Spend together”
Trump’s doctor, Sean Conley, announced Friday night that the 74-year-old president and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the corona virus. Trump wrote on Twitter shortly after midnight Friday: “We will begin our quarantine and recovery immediately. We’ll get through it TOGETHER. “
No decision yet on television debates
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After President Donald Trump’s corona test positive, the White House has yet to make a decision on the remaining two debates with its challenger Joe Biden. “We haven’t gotten that far,” because one initially focuses on the president, Trump spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Friday.
After the first meeting of the two candidates last Tuesday, the debates are still scheduled for October 15 and 22.
After Trump’s crown infection became known, it was speculated that it could be canceled, postponed, or withheld over the internet.
About a month before the US election, the infection is also forcing Trump to suspend his personal campaign appearances. Trump’s campaign leader Bill Stepien said that all previously announced campaign events involving the Republican will be postponed or held online.
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On the way to the military hospital: the presidential helicopter takes off in front of the White House.
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Biden continues election campaign
Trump’s challenger Joe Biden of the American Democrats is campaigning against him. As scheduled, Biden delivered a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Friday. Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, had previously announced that the 77-year-old man and his wife Jill Biden had tested negative.
“It’s not about being a tough guy”
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According to his challenger Joe Biden, the corona infection of US President Donald Trump is a warning to take the virus seriously. “It won’t automatically disappear,” Biden said during a campaign appearance in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he wore a mask.
He said he was praying for Trump and his wife Melania, who also contracted the virus. Biden called for people to listen to scientists on the pandemic, wear masks, keep their distance, and wash their hands regularly. “It’s not about being a tough guy,” the 77-year-old Democrat said. It’s about making your contribution.
“We as a nation have to better deal with this pandemic,” he warned.
Biden did not attack Trump directly, but his words were also to be understood as an allusion to his handling of the corona virus. Trump had said on multiple occasions that the virus would just disappear and ridiculed Biden for his caution in the pandemic. Trump also publicly questioned his experts’ assessments.
Trump had planned campaign appearances in the states of Florida, Wisconsin and Arizona on Saturday and in the coming days. Regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, he had campaigned in front of thousands of supporters in recent weeks, where he always appeared without a mask.
Assessment: “The contagion will have an impact on the electoral campaign”
“Trump has often shown that he doesn’t think much about wearing a mask,” explains SRF foreign editor Christoph Wüthrich. “There were always recordings in which he was shown on official occasions without a mask and very close to other people.” Furthermore, you have long deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the virus.
“Now his infection will have an impact on the electoral campaign”, estimates Wüthrich. “If he has to remain isolated in the White House, he will only be able to participate virtually in election campaign events and other television duels.”
Vice President Mike Pence plans to resume his campaign events. Pence had tested negative for the corona virus on Friday, according to his doctor Jesse Schonau. If Trump could not perform his official duties, Pence would have to intervene.
The vice president has been tested daily for the corona virus for months, his spokesman Devin O’Malley wrote on Twitter.
