Trump’s doctors dodge questions about supplemental oxygen and say he’s ‘doing very well’
Donald Trump’s team of physicians delivered an update to reporters outside of the hospital where the president was staying on Saturday morning, seemingly dodging questions about whether he received supplemental oxygen at any point after contracting the novel coronavirus while celebrating his apparent recovery.
The president’s doctors spoke from the Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland where Mr Trump was flown on Friday after his condition had reportedly worsened and he began experiencing difficulty breathing, as well as a fever.
But the doctors said the “president is doing very well” and added that they were “extremely happy with the progress [Mr Trump] has made” after he was provided an experimental antibody “cocktail” and the drug Remdesivir, according to a White House statement. At 74, the president is potentially vulnerable to some of the severe side effects associated with the novel virus.
The president told his doctors “I feel like I could walk out of here today,” according to one of his team’s physicians who spoke at the press conference.
Another physician detailed the treatments Mr Trump has received, from the experimental antibodies he received to the Remdesivir drug. He has been fever-free for at least 24 hours and has been encouraged this morning to drink water, stay hydrated and eat, according to the medical staff.
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