Trump returns to White House after getting discharged from 4-day stay at hospital
US President Donald Trump has returned to White House on Monday after spending four days at a military hospital where he was being treated for Coronavirus.
After reaching, he climbed up the South Portico stairs, instead of going to the elevators, to go to his residence. He waved at reporters.
He took off his mask, stood up in the portico facing South Lawns for a few minutes and saluted Marine One.
In a mass email to his supporters after his arrival at the White House, Trump asked them not to be afraid of COVID-19.
“I'm telling you: Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life! This is the greatest country in the world and under the Trump administration; we have developed some really great drugs and knowledge. WE WILL BEAT THIS, TOGETHER!” he said.
“The love and support from Americans from all over the world has been incredible and is something I'll never forget. When I saw many great patriots outside of the hospital supporting me, I knew I had to drive by and thank them!” Trump added.
His former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the president was strong and upbeat.
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“He's a fighter and will not quit battling this virus or surrender to the liberal mob and forces out to destroy our country,” Sanders said in a tweet.
White House physician Dr Sean Conley said, “Over the past 24 hours, the president has continued to improve. He's met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria. He has received another dose of remdesivir, and we plan to get him home,”
“It's been more than 72 hours since his last fever. Oxygen levels, including ambulatory saturations and his work of breathing are all normal though. He may not entirely be out of the woods, yet the team and I agree that all our evaluations and most importantly, his clinical status, support the president's safe return home, where he'll be surrounded by world-class medical care 24 seven,” Dr Conley added.
He currently does not endorse any respiratory complaints, the physician said.
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According to Dr Brian Garibaldi, director of Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit, on Sunday evening, the president received his third dose of remdesivir and he tolerated that infusion without difficulty.
-PTC News
