President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, on Marine One helicopter after he tested positive for Covid-19. (AP)
US Presidential Elections 2020 LIVE news updates: President Donald Trump who tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday is “doing very well” and does not require any supplemental oxygen as of now, according to Trump’s Friday Evening Health Update. However, a Remdesivir therapy will be initiated following consultation from specialists, the president’s physician informed adding that “he has completed his first dose and is resting comfortably.”
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden Friday said that Donald Trump testing positive is a “bracing reminder” to take Covid-19 seriously. “This is not a matter of politics. It’s a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. It’s not going away automatically. We have to do our part to be responsible,” he said. During his Michigan rally, Biden also wished for the speedy recovery of the president and first lady.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign said that all previously announced campaign events involving US President Donald Trump would be moved to a virtual setting or temporarily postponed after he tested positive for COVID-19.The campaign in a statement also said that previously announced events involving members of the Trump family are temporarily postponed, with other events being considered on a case-by-case basis.
U.S. President Donald Trump was in a military hospital on Saturday for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19, an extraordinary development that upended the presidential race a month before the Nov. 3 election.Roughly 17 hours after he made his diagnosis public, Trump walked slowly from the White House to a waiting helicopter to be taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He wore a mask and business suit and did not speak to reporters."I think I'm doing very well, but we're going to make sure that things work out," Trump said in a brief video message posted on Twitter
President Donald Trump who tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday is "doing very well" and does not require any supplemental oxygen as of now, according to Trump's Friday Evening Health Update. However, a Remedesivir therapy will be initiated following consultation from specialists, the president's physician informed adding that "he has completed his first dose and is resting comfortably.”
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden Friday said that Donald Trump testing positive is a 'bracing reminder' to take Covid-19 seriously. 'This is not a matter of politics. It's a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. It's not going away automatically. We have to do our part to be responsible,' he said.
In a Michigan campaign rally, Biden wished for the speedy recovery of the president and first lady. "Sending my prayers (for) health and safety of the first lady and the president of the United States after they tested positive for COVID-19. My wife Jill and I pray that they will make a quick and full recovery,"he said.
News Friday that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 sparked an explosion of rumours, misinformation and conspiracy theories that in a matter of hours littered the social media feeds of many Americans.
Tweets shared thousands of times claimed Democrats might have somehow intentionally infected the president with the coronavirus during the debates.
Others speculated in Facebook posts that maybe the president was faking his illness. And the news also ignited constant conjecture among QAnon followers, who peddle a baseless belief that Trump is a warrior against a secret network of government officials and celebrities that they falsely claim is running a child trafficking ring.
In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis was swept into an online vortex of coronavirus misinformation and the falsehoods swirling around this polarizing election. (AP)
Assistant and Senior Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway Friday tested positive for the coronavirus. In a tweet posted on Friday night, Conway said, "Tonight I tested positive for COVID-19. My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I’m feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians. As always, my heart is with everyone affected by this global pandemic."
After testing Covid positive, US President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
A helicopter carrying President Donald Trump to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center landed on Friday at the facility, where the president will be treated for the coronavirus. According to Reuters, the president, who walked to the helicopter as he left the White House, said nothing to waiting reporters.
"I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. I'm going to Walter Reed hospital. I think I am doing very well but we are going to make sure that things work out. The first lady is doing very well," US President Donald Trump said in a video message on Saturday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a consolation letter to President Donald Trump on the news he had contracted the coronavirus, North Korean state media said on Saturday. Kim said he 'sincerely hopes' Trump and his wife will recover as soon as possible, KCNA reported.
After being diagnosed with COVID-19, US President Trump departs the White House for a multi-day stay at Walter Reed Medical Center.
Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign is temporarily taking down negative ads regarding President Donald Trump after his diagnosis with the novel coronavirus, a person familiar with the matter told news agency Reuters.
President Donald Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail for COVID-19 and "remains fatigued but in good spirits," the president's physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said on Friday.
Conley said in a statement that the president received an intravenous dose of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's dual antibody and was also taking zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin, and aspirin, news agency Reuters reported. Regeneron's drug, REGN-COV2, is part of a class of experimental COVID-19 drugs known as monoclonal antibodies: manufactured copies of human antibodies to the virus that are being studied for use in patients with early illness.
US President Donald Trump is moving to a military hospital for treatment after being diagnosed with Covid, a White House official said on Friday. "Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the President will be working from the presidential offices at Walter Reed for the next few days," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement.
The news came after White House doctor Sean P. Conley wrote that Trump "remains fatigued but in good spirits."
Cleveland officials say they're aware of 11 positive coronavirus cases related to the setup and planning for Tuesday's presidential debate.
The city said in a statement Friday that it's working with state and federal officials and is involved with interviewing those who tested positive.
Earlier Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he and the first lady had tested positive for COVID-19. Both traveled to Cleveland on Tuesday for the first presidential. (AP)
The Trump campaign on Friday said that all previously announced campaign events involving US President Donald Trump would be moved to a virtual setting or temporarily postponed after he tested positive for Covid-19.
Joe Biden is moving forward with plans to travel to Michigan on Friday after he and his wife, Jill, tested negative for the coronavirus. The Democratic presidential nominee had planned on traveling to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk about the economy on Friday morning. His trip was delayed by several hours as he awaited the test results. He was tested for the virus after attending Tuesday's debate with President Donald Trump. The president said early Friday that he and his wife, Melania Trump, tested positive for coronavirus. AP
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's praying for the president and hopes his testing positive for COVID-19 might be a "learning experience" about the virus.
"Let us all pray for the president's health," Pelosi said on MSNBC. She added, "This is tragic, It is very sad." The speaker said she was tested out of caution and is awaiting results.
But said warned against "brazen" behavior that allowed "something like this to happen". Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris is wishing President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump a "full and speedy recovery" after they contracted the COVID-19 virus.
President Donald Trump has several strikes against him - age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male - that could put him at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus infection he disclosed late Thursday.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive, "are both well at this time" and plan to remain at the White House while recovering and being closely monitored, according to a statement from his physician, Dr. Sean Conley.
A White House official said Friday that Trump was having mild symptoms. "The odds are far and away that he'll have a mild illness" as most people with the virus do, said Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious disease specialist at the Mayo Clinic who has no role in Trump's care. But COVID-19 is very unpredictable, he stressed. "We have young people who die. We have nursing home patients, a lot of them, who actually do quite well," Poland said. (AP)
US President Donald Trump is experiencing 'mild symptoms' related to COVID-19 after he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, a development that is likely to affect his hectic election campaign just weeks before the presidential polls.
'Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!' 74-year-old Trump tweeted. early Friday.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows later told reporters that President Trump was experiencing 'mild symptoms' of coronavirus but he was in 'good spirits' and 'very energetic.' 'I'm optimistic that he'll have a very quick and speedy recovery.'