Washington – Dr. Scott Gottlieb, head of the Food and Drug Administration, warned Sunday that those around President Trump since early last week, and added Vice President Mike Pence, “unclear” to hire COVID-19.
In an interview with “Face the Nation,” Gottlieb said those who were with Trump on Tuesday or Wednesday and were exposed to COVID-19 could test positive. The president revealed early Friday that he and first girl Melania Trump had been diagnosed with coronavirus. The president attended the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday and traveled to Minnesota for a fundraising meeting and crusade on Wednesday.
Pence tested negative on Sunday, a senior management official.
“Anyone who’s with any of the other people who’s been inflamed lately this week was at their peak of contagion at the time,” Gottlieb said. “Therefore, you are usually maximum contagious about 24 hours before symptoms appear. So preparation for Tuesday’s debate is a possible source of third-generation spread. Wednesday’s Republican Senate assembly is a source of 3rd generation spread. “
Gottlieb warned that in the coming days, more cases are likely to arise than lately are inflamed and infect others.
“It’s still a conversion situation,” he said. “Listen, we hope not. And there are conditions where there is no more propagation, but you are more likely to see other third-generation propagation cases. “
In addition to Trump, three Republican senators also revealed that they had tested positive for COVID-19, as did several close to Trump. Trump, adding his non-public aides Nick Luna, crusader manager Bill Stepien and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who helped the president prepare for last week’s debate with former Vice President Joe Biden.
Mr. Trump is being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center. While his medical team told reporters Sunday that the president could be released on Monday, Gottlieb warned him “at the beginning of his illness. “
“He didn’t come out of the woods, ” he said. Generally, what we see is that in the first week you have the viral reaction phase of the infection, and it is at this time of week that patients have problems.
Gottlieb over the president to be cautious.
“The president turns out to be, you know, about three or four days in some kind of symptomatic phase right now, if you think he’s become symptomatic on Wednesday,” he said. “Then you still have time to leave until I think he’s out of danger. “
Several of those who tested positive for COVID-19, including Lee, Tillis, Christie, Luna and former White House director Kellyanne Conway, attended a white house occasion on September 26 when Trump announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee.
While national security adviser Robert O’Brien said the White House medical unit is achieving touch tracking, the infection remains unclear.
Gottlieb said the White House had “a legal responsibility to perceive how the infection was introduced” in an environment with senior officials.
“They may not be able to locate it, however, they are very competitive in a forensic investigation right now to find out what the source of the infection was and see who brought it into that environment,” he said.
But Gottlieb added that “there should be no very concerted effort” to identify the source.
“I have spoken to several officials who are on this occasion on Saturday, and the concentrate is this time as one of the possible locations where the advent occurred, and they have not yet been called through touch markers. “said. ” So it’s worrying. “