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Donald Trump has promised that the treatment he received for the coronavirus will be offered to Americans free of charge.
In a new video posted on Twitter, the president said, “I want to get what I have for you, and I’m going to do it for free. You won’t pay for it.
“It was not their fault that this happened, it was China’s fault. China is going to pay a high price for what it has done to the world.”
Elsewhere in the video, Trump said he disagreed with Regeneron’s characterization of the treatment fabricated as therapeutic, saying he considered it a “cure.”
“I want everyone to receive the same treatment as their president, because I feel very good,” he said. “I feel perfect. It was a blessing from God that I caught it. It was a blessing in disguise.”
The tweet arrived hours after returning to the Oval Office, even though she is still recovering from COVID-19.
Trump received an experimental antibody treatment made by Regeneron on Friday, before being airlifted to Walter Reed Medical Center.
Once he was admitted, he was given remdesivir, a drug that once offered hope in treating Ebola.
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In the video, he said: “When I walked in, I didn’t feel that hot. They gave me Regeneron and it was amazing, I felt good right away.”
The president added that he is now trying to get Regeneron’s treatment and similar drugs in an emergency.
“We have hundreds of thousands of doses that are almost ready,” he said. “I have the emergency use authorization ready and we have to sign it now, and you are going to improve, you are going to improve very quickly.”
Trump added that securing approval for these drugs was “much more important to me than the vaccine.”
He also claimed that politics is getting in the way of a vaccine being available for public use before elections.
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Questions have been raised about Trump’s ties to Regeneron. According to a financial disclosure report published in June 2017, the president owned shares in the company.
Earlier Wednesday, White House doctors said Trump has had no COVID-19 symptoms during the last 24 hours.
He has been fever-free for more than four days and has not needed or received supplemental oxygen, added White House physician Sean Conley.
His physical exam and vital signs “all remain stable and in normal range.”
You can watch the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris on Thursday at 2am live on Sky News and Sky News online
