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US President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for the coronavirus.
The 74-year-old man briefly left Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland on Sunday and was seen sitting in a black vehicle, wearing a mask as he waved to people waiting by the roadside.
It came shortly after he posted another video, the third since he revealed in the early hours of Friday that he had been diagnosed with the virus.
Donald Trump thanks his followers outside the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19
In the video, he had promised “to give a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have on the street.”
He also described his treatment as a “very interesting journey”, adding: “I learned a lot about COVID.
“I learned it by actually going to school. This is the real school. This is not the ‘let’s read the books’ school. And I get it, and I get it. And it’s something very interesting.”
It’s a sea change for a president who has spent much of the pandemic downplaying the disease and even poking fun at those who wore masks in an effort to protect themselves and those around them.
The number of people who have died from the virus in the UK is approaching 210,000 and the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 7.4 million.
Trump’s medical team has said that if he improves, he could be allowed to continue his treatment at the White House starting Monday.
