Later, the president removed his mask on the balcony of the White House, where several staff and aides have tested positive for the virus in recent days. The president was taken to a military hospital for treatment, which the White House said was taken as a “matter of abundance caution.įor live updates on the coronavirus outbreak, click hereĪfter spending four days, he came back to the White House on Monday. Trump, 74, and First Lady Melania tested positive for Covid-19 Thursday night. “The President this morning says ‘I feel great!’ His physical exam and vital signs, including oxygen saturation and respiratory rate, all remain stable and in normal range,” Conley said in a memorandum. Although the FDA has authorized broad emergency use of one drug - the antiviral remdesivir - and dexamethasone has been on the market for decades, Trump also received an unproven antibody treatment made by Regeneron.US President Donald Trump has been fever-free for more than four days now and all his vital signs remain stable and in normal range now, White House physician Dr Sean Conley said on Wednesday.

Over the course of his infection, Trump received a combination of treatments that few if any other coronavirus patients have taken together.

The latest information still leaves out some crucial information for judging Trump’s health - such as the condition of his lungs, and whether he has any lingering damage from the virus. And there is no FDA-authorized or approved test that can tell when a person is no longer contagious, making it hard to gauge the reliability of the tests that Conley cited in his memo. But some severely ill patients may need to isolate for at least 20 days, the agency says.Įarly in his illness, the president was given oxygen treatment as well as dexamethasone, a steroid normally reserved for severely ill Covid-19 patients with lung damage.Ĭonley also said the president’s medical team could not find any evidence that the coronavirus is replicating in his body, and the amount of virus present in Trump’s body has decreased over time.īut Conley did not say whether the president had tested negative for the virus, which could still be present in his body. The CDC says that most patients should isolate for at least 10 days after the start of their symptoms, and can end isolation at or beyond that point when their symptoms ebb and they have gone at least 24 hours without a fever.

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