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The White House doctor says Donald Trump is no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus, but he has not said whether the US president has tested negative.
In a memorandum released by the White House, Dr. Sean Conley said that Trump met the criteria of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for safely interrupting isolation and that according to “currently recognized standards” it is no longer possible. he considered it a transmission risk.
The memo did not say whether Trump had tested negative, but claimed that a test on Saturday had shown that the president was no longer a “transmission risk to others” and that there was no longer evidence “that the virus was actively replicating. “.
Sensitive laboratory tests, such as the PCR test, detect the virus in swab samples taken from the nose and throat. Dr. William Morice, who oversees laboratories at the Mayo Clinic, said earlier this week that with PCR testing, the president’s medical team could hypothetically measure and track the amount of virus in samples over time. and see the viral load drop.
The news came as cases continued to rise in the US Midwestern states and the Indian Ministry of Health, the second-worst-hit country after the US, released figures showing their total infections had risen. to more than 7 million.
Some medical experts had been skeptical that Trump could be declared free of the risk of transmitting the virus so early in the course of his illness. Just 10 days after the initial infection diagnosis, there was no way to know for sure that someone was no longer contagious, they said.
The memo followed Trump’s first public appearance since returning to the White House after being treated at the hospital. Hundreds of people gathered Saturday afternoon on the South Lawn for Trump’s speech on his support for law enforcement from a White House balcony.
Trump removed his mask moments after stepping out to address the crowd, his first step back on the public stage with just over three weeks to go on Election Day.
He scoffed again at his own government’s safety recommendations within days of acknowledging that he was on the brink of the “bad things” from the virus and claiming that his attack on the disease allowed him to better understand it.
His return was brief. With visible bandages on his hands, likely from an IV injection, Trump spoke for 18 minutes, much less than at his normal rallies of more than an hour. He looked healthy, if perhaps a little hoarse, when he delivered what was, for all intents and purposes, a short version of his campaign speech.
“I feel great,” said Trump, who said he was grateful for her good wishes and prayers as he recovered. He then declared that the pandemic, which has killed more than 210,000 Americans, was “disappearing” even though he is still recovering from the virus.
Ireland 1,012 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Saturday, the highest number in a day since the start of the pandemic and almost double the average of last week.
The increase, after a week in which regions in neighboring Northern Ireland reported some of the highest infection rates in Europe, is likely to increase pressure on the government to impose additional restrictions.
The government banned indoor restaurant meals and limited the number of visitors to people’s homes, but rejected a recommendation by public health officials to impose a much stricter closure.
India’s Health Ministry recorded another 74,383 infections in the previous 24 hours on Sunday morning, bringing the country’s total to more than 7 million. The US alone, with 7.7 million infections, has had more cases than India, while its death toll is now the third highest in the world behind the US. Brazil.
Latin America and the Caribbean marked 10 million cases on Saturday and with more than 360,000 deaths, the region is the most affected in terms of deaths, according to official figures.
In the Australian Victoria state, Prime Minister Daniel Andrews confirmed that he would turn over his phone records to an investigation into the hotel’s failed quarantine program that led to the second wave of coronavirus in the state.
The phone records, which cover March 27, could help determine who made the crucial decision that day to use private security guards to monitor returning travelers. “We all want answers,” Andrews said. “We all have the right to receive answers.”
Victoria reported 12 new cases and one death on Sunday, as Andrews confirmed that some of Melbourne’s stage 4 restrictions would be eased on October 19.
In FranceHealth authorities reported a record 27,000 new infections in a single day on Saturday, although numbers in intensive care remained well below the peaks seen in the spring.
The spiraling cases have raised fears that the French government may have to impose local blockades in major cities, which are the epicenters of the disease, reflecting measures already announced in Spain, where the government has prevented people from leaving the region. from Madrid.
In other developments:
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Continent China reported 21 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus on Sunday, up from 15 the day before, the country’s national health authority said.
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Berlin’s 11pm curfew in bars and restaurants went into effect, and the capital followed in the footsteps of Frankfurt’s financial center, where a curfew had already been imposed. Germany reported 3,483 new cases on Saturday.
