nDonald trump is doing very well in his hospital treatment for covid-19 his medics said on saturday but a source with knowledge of u.s president's condition said his vital signs had been worrying with the next 48 hours critical
Trump is up & walking has been fever free for 24 hours & his cough nasal congestion & fatigue are improving physician sean conley said during first medical update on his status since president was admitted to walter reed military medical centre on friday
Trump is not receiving extra oxygen he added & is doing very well
we have monitored his cardiac function his kidney function liver function all of those're normal another member of the medical team sean dooley said
But a source familiar with president's health gave much more worrying assessment
President's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning & next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care source said we are still not on a clear path to a full recovery
White house has not commented on the assessment
Conley was evasive when asked whether trump had received supplementary oxygen at any point since falling ill only confirming that he had not received any at hospital or on thursday the day he had his test
This leaves the possibility that he was on oxygen at white house on friday before being admitted to walter reed & there were reports in u.s media unconfirmed by afp that this was the case
Soon after trump arrived at hospital conley said in a memo that president was starting a course of therapeutic drug remdesivir & had received an eight gram dose of an experimental polyclonal antibody cocktail
Conley would not put hard date on trump's discharge from hospital or disclose president's temperature
Amid the rosy assessment from the white house more people close to the president disclosed they have tested positive for the coronavirus
Trump trailing
Latest is campaign advisor chris christie who was among several aides that helped trump prepare for the first presidential debate that have since announced positive tests
Three senators as well as trump's campaign manager & other senior aides are among a growing list from president's orbit to have contracted virus with at least seven confirmed cases tied to an event in white house rose garden last weekend
With trump who is trailing in the polls knocked off campaign trail for treatment at walter reed army medical centre outside washington & possibly for many days after his campaign plans were in disarray ahead of a potentially messy election on november 3
Among unknowns were prospects for two remaining presidential debates and whether president will have to yield power temporarily to vice president mike pence if his condition worsens
Going well i think thank you to all love trump said in his first tweet from the hospital late on friday
He had walked out of the white house under his own steam & wearing a mask which is rare for the world's most prominent pandemic skeptic to be taken to the hospital
President a prolific tweeter stayed off social media almost all day on friday
Heightening sense of crisis at the heart of power in america a third republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin announced on saturday that he had tested positive
Uncharted waters
Former white house top aide kellyanne conway & trump's campaign manager 42 year old bill stepien have contracted covid 19 so have two other republican senators thom tillis of north carolina & mike lee of utah
Latter two sit on the chamber's judiciary committee which is slated to hold hearings for amy coney barrett trump's conservative nominee to fill a vacant seat on the supreme court
Public health experts have expressed alarm at number of cases that appear linked to a celebration of barrett's nomination at rose garden on september 26
At least seven people who attended have now tested positive including trump first lady melania trump conway tillis lee & university of notre dame president john jenkins
These're uncharted waters for the u.s election with trump who is well behind his democratic opponent joe biden in the polls having to freeze much of his campaign
Biden now finds himself alone on campaign trail & able to argue that his more cautious approach to covid 19 has been vindicated
Biden has made trump's frequent downplaying of pandemic & mixed messaging on mask wearing a central campaign theme while trump has tried to shift the narrative to areas where he feels stronger like Economy
Former vice president who stood on a stage with trump for 90 minutes during their ill tempered first debate on tuesday announced that he & his wife jill tested negative on friday
Underlining his sudden advantage in bitter race biden 77 travelled to grand rapids michigan on friday going ahead with a previously scheduled campaign stop
However biden also reminded voters that he has pushed consistently for a serious approach to coronavirus which has killed more than 208000 americans unlike his opponent who has mocked the democrat for his rigorous use of masks
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