“I’m fine, I think! Thank you all. With love !!, “Trump wrote on Twitter. Already after being transported to the hospital, he published a video, made shortly before leaving the White House, in which he says that the goal is to “ensure that things turn out well”.
“I want to thank everyone for their tremendous support,” Trump said in a short video, his first public statement since announcing a positive test for SARS-CoV-2. “I think I’m very well,” the president added.
Doctors recommended Trump to spend “a few days in the hospital for preventive reasons” on Friday. The helicopter, which transported Trump to Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda near Washington, was approached by the president himself in a suit and veil. He waved to the reporters without stopping and telling them something. According to the AP agency, Trump has suites in the hospital equipped so that he can continue to hold the presidency.
According to American media, Trump is suffering from more symptoms of covid-19. On Friday night local time, Trump’s doctor announced that the president was tired but in a good mood and that he had been given an experimental drug developed by the pharmaceutical company Regeneron, which had shown good results in clinical trials in a smaller number of patients. According to Conley, Trump also receives zinc, vitamin D, aspirin, famotidine and melatonin.
Conley later announced that Trump did not need supportive oxygen, but that he had chosen remdesivir treatment after consulting with specialists and that he had already received the first dose of the drug. Remdesivir was developed by the team of the American company Gilead Sciences, led by the Czech Tomáš Cihlář, originally for Ebola’s disease; according to this year’s studies, however, the preparation also helps in the treatment of covid-19. In the Czech Republic, the product is given to patients with a severe course of the disease.
However, it is not clear from the official statements how serious the situation is in the case of the American president. Due to his advanced age, Trump has a higher risk of more serious consequences of the infection, another unfavorable factor is his overweight, according to AP.
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Coronavirus has many people in the president’s neighborhood
The American media is also looking for answers to other questions, such as how the coronavirus could start to spread in a “bubble” around one of the most powerful men on the planet.
Prior to Trump’s positive test, the infection was confirmed by his adviser, Hope Hicks, and later by the president’s chief of staff, Bill Stepien, and former Trump spokesman Kellyanne Conway. Republican Senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis also announced a positive test on Friday, who attended a ceremony a week ago to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett for a vacancy at the U.S. Supreme Court.
It is this action that is mentioned as a possible turning point in the spread of coronavirus in the President’s neighborhood. Last Saturday, guests moved in and out of the White House garden, many not wearing veils. Among those present was John Jenkins, director of the University of Notre Dame’s private college, who was also confirmed to have an infection on Friday.
However, it is only possible to speculate on how the coronavirus got directly to Trump. The president has attended a number of events in recent days and has met at least hundreds of people. “With access to immediate testing and the best medical experts by his side, President Donald Trump was to be the most safe American in relation to the Covid-19. Instead, he disregarded his own government’s recommendations and helped create a false sense of invulnerability at the White House, “said AP.
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Si, Obama or Kim wished for a speedy recovery
Many politicians, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, wished Trump and his wife a speedy recovery, sending a message to his American counterpart. This is stated by the Chinese state media. The state news agency New China stated on its website without further details that the Chinese president “addressed his wish for an early recovery on Saturday” to President Trump and his wife Melania.
Relations between Washington and Beijing have been extremely tense recently, with one of the topics of diplomatic friction being the spread of coronavirus that has begun in China. President Trump speaks of SARS-CoV-2 as a “Chinese virus,” and after initially highlighting Chinese measures, began to criticize the Chinese authorities’ actions in the spring.
Trump and other politicians wished them a speedy recovery. “We are in the middle of a major political struggle. And we take it very seriously. But at the same time, we are sending all the best to Trump and Melania, “Barack Obama, his predecessor in the highest office, told the US president. “Michelle and I hope that they and the others who have covid-19 in the country will receive the care they need and will recover quickly,” Obama added.
The leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, also sent Trump a wish for an early recovery, the AFP agency wrote, referring to the North Korean state media. “(Kim) expressed his understanding of the (American) president and the first lady,” the North Korean news agency KCNA said, according to AFP. “He said he sincerely hoped to recover as soon as possible. He hopes they can overcome it. And he sent them warm greetings, “added KCNA. According to the South Korean agency Jonhap, this is the first time that Kim Jong-Un has sent such a wish to a statesman with a covid-19.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who also overcame the covid-19 in the summer and who, like Trump, has been downplaying the disease for a long time, wished Trump and his wife a speedy recovery. “With faith in God, he will soon recover and his country’s leadership and election campaign will not be affected,” Bolsonaro said.
Statements in this spirit have already come from leaders from virtually all over the world, including Berlin, Moscow and South Korea.
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