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President Trump hopes to return to public engagements on Saturday, 10 days after COVID-19 diagnosis

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Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, released a statement on Thursday saying that the president’s physical exam has been “devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness” since returning to the White House. Despite concerns from medical experts that he may still be contagious, Trump announced that he hopes to hit the campaign trail by Saturday, which would mark 10 days since his COVID-19 diagnosis.

Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, released a statement on Thursday saying that the president’s physical exam has been “devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness” since returning to the White House. Despite concerns from medical experts that he may still be contagious, Trump announced that he hopes to hit the campaign trail by Saturday, which would mark 10 days since his COVID-19 diagnosis.

  1. 9 Oct 2020

    NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he doesn’t think he’s contagious anymore, but medical experts say that’s impossible to know a week after his diagnosis with COVID-19.

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  2. 9 Oct 2020

    President Donald Trump said Thursday he may hold campaign rallies this weekend in Florida and Pennsylvania, an announcement that comes a week after he tested positive for COVID-19.

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  3. 9 Oct 2020

    US President Trump prepares to return to the campaign trail this weekend. Says he is feeling 'really good,' and with a doctor's note, aimed to campaign in Florida on Saturday and in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis 1 week ago.

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  4. Dr. Fauci: "If the President goes 10 days w/o symptoms & they do the tests-then you could make the assumption, based on good science, that he is not infected. But you have to make sure you go through those particular benchmarks delineated in the CDC guidelines."

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  5. 9 Oct 2020

    President Trump continues to tout the experimental antibodies he received for COVID-19 as a "cure" for the disease — despite an absence of evidence to back up that claim.

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  6. President Trump's campaign wants to go ahead with the original presidential debate schedule after his doctor cleared him for a "safe return to public engagement" from Saturday.

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  7. A Thursday evening update from President ’s physician:

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  8. 8 Oct 2020

    Presidential physician Dr. Sean Conley released an update on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus prognosis on Thursday, stating that he has “remained stable and devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness.”

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  9. 8 Oct 2020

    WH doctor says Trump on track to go back to “public engagements” on Saturday... ie campaign trail.

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  10. 7 Oct 2020

    WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday entered the White House Oval Office for the first time since returning earlier this week from a military hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19, a White House spokesman said.

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  11. 7 Oct 2020

    Staff who see Trump are decked in full PPE, per the White House. They say he entered the Oval Office from the outside to reduce staff exposure. Note that Trump can easily make calls and work from the residence...

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  12. Mark Meadows is with Trump in Oval, and Dan Scavino, per White House. The president came in from the colonnade, which kept him away from West Wing hallways where staff still working.

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  13. 7 Oct 2020
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  14. NEW: President Trump is now in the Oval Office, a senior administration official tells me.

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  15. A Wednesday update from President ’s physician:

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  16. 7 Oct 2020

    LATEST: The White House physician says Trump has been free of Covid-19 symptoms for more than 24 hours as of Wednesday and his oxygen levels are stable

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  17. President Trump told the White House medical staff he was feeling “great," according to a statement released Wednesday by his physician. The doctor offered little other information on Trump's condition but said he has begun to develop antibodies.

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  18. NEW from Pres Trump’s physician Dr Conley: -restful 1st night at home -today reported no symptoms -vital signs and physical exam remain stable -ambulatory oxygen sat level of 95-97% “Overall he continues to do extremely well, I will provide updates as we know more.”

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  19. 5 Oct 2020

    JUST IN: President Trump leaves Walter Reed Medical Center to return to the White House, where he has access to constant medical care, after recklessly downplaying Covid-19

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  20. 5 Oct 2020

    President Trump returns to the White House aboard Marine One. Full video here:

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  21. Only days into his diagnosis, the first thing President Trump does when he gets back to the White House is take his mask off.

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  22. Pres Trump is back at the White House Instead of going in ground level door, he walked up South Portico steps & is on the balcony (took his mask off), looking out over the South Lawn as M1 lifts off (Ever the TV producer he must know there are live cameras shooting this scene)

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  23. And to underline: Pres Trump took his mask off, tucked it into a pocket and then walked into the White House residence. "Perhaps no one has more exposure to the first family than the roughly 100 members of the residence staff."

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  24. 5 Oct 2020

    “Over the past 24 hours the president has continued to improve.” Donald Trump’s physician, Dr Sean Conley says the president is "not entirely out of the woods yet" but he is able to return home. Get the latest on this story here:

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  25. Dr. Conley says Trump has met or exceeded all of Walter Reed's patient discharge criteria. Trump is not fully "out of the woods yet," he adds, but "the team and I...support the president's safe return home."

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  26. Dr. Conley says he can’t disclose whether there has been damage to the president’s lungs, citing HIPAA restrictions.

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  27. Trump has had three doses of Remdesivir, and will have a 4th dose today at Walter Reed and a 5th dose tomorrow at the WH.

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  28. 5 Oct 2020

    "We send patients home with medications all the time," said doctors treating Pres. Trump at Walter Reed. LIVE:

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  29. Dr. Conley refuses to say when President Trump’s last negative test was for the third time. He says he “doesn’t want to go backwards.”

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  30. As too many Americans have done this year, & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe & we will all get through this together.

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  31. 1 Oct 2020

    The White House has released this statement from President Trump’s physician, confirming that both the president and First Lady have tested positive for Covid-19.

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  32. 6 Oct 2020

    Donald Trump's Covid-19 drug treatment. What we know so far

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  33. 6 Oct 2020

    President Trump’s contraction of Covid-19 puts him in the company of the U.K.’s Boris Johnson and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro as leaders who fell ill after making light of the risks from the virus via

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  34. After receiving conflicting reports on the health of President Trump, journalists expressed concerns about the way information is being presented to them.

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  35. A Trump spokesperson said the president's car trip outside Walter Reed hospital was cleared by his medical team.

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  36. President Trump’s physician expects he “will continue carrying out his duties without disruption.” However, if the situation were to escalate here are some scenarios that could unfold.

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  37. Stock markets globally were impacted by the news of US President Donald Trump testing positive for COVID-19.

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  38. How to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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