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President Trump was transferred Friday to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where the White House said he would be monitored over the next few days for coVID-19 symptoms, the maximum serious fitness crisis a president has faced since President Ronald Reagan fired. died in 1981.
White House doctor said Friday night that Trump had begun taking the remedy with Remdesivir and had taken a dose of antiviral. The doctor added that Trump is “very well” and doesn’t want additional oxygen.
White House spokesman Kayleigh McEnany said the previous Friday that Trump had “mild symptoms” and was transferred to Walter Reed Medical Center “as a precaution and on the advice of his doctor and medical experts. “
White House resources said Mr. Trump was suffering from a mild fever. The White House doctor previously said he felt “tired” and would take a cocktail of antibodies.
On Friday night, Trump’s former lead alessor, Kellyanne Conyway, said the coronavirus test was done. Conway said he also had “mild” symptoms, which he said included a “mild cough. “
Conway on the Rose Garden occasion last Saturday when Trump announced that he will nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Two Republican senators on the occasion, Thom Tillis and Mike Lee, also tested positive.
Vice President Mike Pence, who will succeed Trump if he becomes incapacitated or is deemed unable to serve as president, said Friday that he tested negative for the virus.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who was with Trump in Tuesday’s debate, said Friday that he and his wife had tested negative for coronavirus. Biden’s crusade ended with his negative classified ads on Friday and Biden tweeted a call to unity.
Fin Gomez and Tucker Reals contributed to this report.
Bill Stepien, President Trump’s crusader manager, tested positive for COVID-19, according to a senior crusader. Stepien, 42, plans to quarantine until he recovers.
Stepien diagnosed Friday and had “mild flu-like symptoms,” said the senior crusader official.
Crusade deputy director Justin Clark is expected to oversee the Trump team’s headquarters as Stepien works from home, crusader officials say he will continue to lead the crusade.
In the coming days, the crusade plans to release substitutes for face-to-face events, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump’s sons, Don Jr. and Eric, and the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
President Trump’s doctor said Friday night that the president had begun treatment in Remdesivir, but that he was “fine,” according to a tweet through press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
“Tonight, I’m pleased to announce that the president is doing very well,” he wrote. “You do not want additional oxygen, however, in consultation with specialists, we have selected to start the remedy with Remdesivir. He has finished his first treatment”. dose and rests comfortably. “
President Trump tweeted an update Friday night: “Well I think! Thank you all. LOVE !!!” the president wrote.
This is the first time the president has tweeted since he was hospitalized after contracting the coronavirus. Hours earlier, he tweeted a video of himself at the White House in which he said, “I think I’m fine, but we’re passing through to do certain things. “have a good time. “
Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s former principal partner, tweeted Friday night that the COVID-19 test had been done.
“My symptoms are mild (mild cough) and I feel good. A quarantine procedure in consultation with doctors,” he said.
She is the member of Trump’s orbit in positive after lead assistant Hope Hicks tested positive Thursday.
President Trump’s son Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, tested negative for the coronavirus, a couple’s spokesman said.
“Eric and Lara pray for their father and stepfather respectively. At that time, they either have negative COVID tests and will take all precautions, on the recommendation of fitness professionals,” the spokesman said.
Donald Trump Jr. previously announced that he had tested negative for his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, COVID-19 in July.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who attended the rose garden rite for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, took the COVID-19 test.
In a statement, TIllis said he had no symptoms so far and said he had a negative result on Saturday.
“I will follow my doctor’s recommendations and isolate myself at home for 10 days and tell those I have been in close contact with,” Tillis said.
Tillis is also a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to begin hearings on Barrett’s appointment on October 12.
Another Republican senator, Mike Lee of Utah, announced Friday that the coronavirus test had been done.
President Trump attended a fundraiser in Bedminster, New Jersey, thursday, hours before declaring that he tested positive for COVID-19. Trump Victory fundraisers sent an email Friday to attendees encouraging them to “contact their fitness service provider if you or anyone you have enjoyed is in poor condition or has a fever, shortness of breath or other respiratory symptoms. “
While Biden’s crusade got rid of negative classified ads on Friday, Trump’s crusade did not do the same. Trump Crusade communications director Tim Murtaugh said Friday that “Joe Biden used his speech in Michigan today to attack the president on social security, the economy, and job creation. Now Biden needs the credits for being magnanimous?”
Former President Obama, who participated in a virtual fundraiser Friday night with Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, tweeted a message to President Trump.
“Michelle and I hope that the president, the First Lady, and everyone affected by the coronavirus across the country will get the attention they want and are on their way to a prompt recovery,” Obama tweeted. “Obviously, we’re in the middle of a wonderful political war right now, and even though there’s a lot at stake, let us all be Americans. We’re all human beings. And we want everyone to be healthy, not our party. “
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced Friday that judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings as the next Supreme Court justice will be held as scheduled on October 12.
Graham said he had negative results for the virus.
On Friday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, a member of the Judiciary Committee, tested positive for the virus. Graham said in a tweet that “any senator who wishes to participate will practically be able to do so. “
Early Friday, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and Judiciary Committee member Dianne Feinstein asked Graham to postpone hearings because of Schumer’s positive test, while Trump Barrett also tested negative on Friday.
President Trump tweeted a video of himself at the White House thanking the public for his and providing a brief explanation of his transitional move to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
“I need to thank everyone for the great support. I’m moving on to Walter Reed. I think I’m fine, but we’re happening to make certain things happen well,” Trump said in the video. He added that the first girl, Melania Trump, “is doing very well. “
The tweet in the video is Trump’s first tweet, who has since announced that he and the first girl tested positive for the virus in a time before 1 a. m. Friday.
President Trump will spend the next few days in a medical remedies unit in Walter Reed. Matt Nathan, who was director of Walter Reed and then a general surgeon under the Obama administration, told CBS News that the unit was like a mini hospital and a house. away from home.
“It has all the bells and whistles the president wants to rule the country from a distance,” Nathan said.
Nathan said the unit is run by a committed team of doctors, nurses and technicians who work out to move from their day-to-day duties to taking over the president. It has communications, catering facilities, secret service spaces, family circle, houses and offices.
Trump visited Walter Reed of the White House on Friday night.
After the White House declared that President Trump would be sent to Walter Reed Medical Center, Democratic candidate Joe Biden tweeted, “This cannot be a partisan moment. It’s going to have to be an American moment. We will have to come in combination as a nation. “
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Two crusade resources told CBS News that there would be no negative biden team announcements indefinitely, a resolution taken in consultation with Biden and top advisers this afternoon.
Her running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, attended a virtual fundraiser with former President Obama Friday night. Obama presented the fundraiser saying “while we are in the midst of wonderful political combat and we take this very seriously, we must also send our wishes to the president of the United States. “
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President Trump will paint at a Walter Reed military medical center in Bethesda, Maryland, over the next few days “out of caution” and on the recommendation of his doctor and medical experts, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced Friday.
“President Trump remains in a good mood, has mild symptoms and has been running all day. As a precautionary measure, and on the advice of his doctor and medical experts, the president will wear paintings from Walter Reed’s presidential offices for the next few days,” he added. McEnany said in a statement, “President Trump appreciates enthusiasm for himself and the First Lady. “
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Chris Wallace, moderator of Tuesday’s presidential debate, told Fox News Friday that President Trump arrived too late to be tested before that night’s debate and that there is a “honour system” that allows other campaigners to be tested before the debate. Training
“For review, there wouldn’t have been enough time to take the check and have the debate at nine o’clock that night,” Wallace said. “They only showed up at 3, 4, five o’clock late. So, yes, there’s a formula of honor when you came here for the other people who came to the hall of any of the campaigns. “
Wallace said he arrived on Sunday and members of the media arrived on Monday, giving them enough time to get tested.
President Trump won an 8-gram singles dose of Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail, President Sean Conley said on a note. Conley said the president “completed the infusion incident. “
Trump also took zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and an aspirin, Conley said.
“As of this afternoon, the president is still tired but in a good mood,” Conley said. “It is evaluated through a team of experts and, in combination, we will make recommendations to the president and the first girl regarding the next steps. “
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters that President Trump had “mild symptoms. “He said he didn’t tell you until Thursday’s press conference about Hope Hicks’ attendance diagnosis.
McEnany said he had been considered “” for Mr. McEnany. Trump will move on to a fundraiser Thursday in Bedminster, NJ, despite Hicks’ diagnosis and his closeness to the president. When pressed via CBS News, Paula Reid on who did the assessment, McEnany said “the White House operations felt they were for the president, in consultation with others. ” He then walked away without giving additional details.
President Nancy Pelosi is negative for the coronavirus, her spokeswoman wrote on Twitter.
“As a precaution, President Pelosi took the COVID-19 test this morning at the treating doctor’s workplace at the capitol. Dr Monahan has just informed the president that he had tested negative,” said Drew Hammill, Pelosi’s deputy director of staff.
Pelosi met Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who tested negative for the virus, and Pelosi, 80, is the time in the race for the presidency.
Former Vice President Joe Biden continued his crusade schedule on Friday, albeit late, after COVID-19 came back negative a few hours after President Trump announced that he and the first girl, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the virus.
News of the first couple’s diagnosis once interrupted a presidential crusade cycle that was already interrupted last year by the pandemic, a protracted battle of presidential political trial, herbal errors, and delayed effects on the state of Iowa’s first assembly.
During Friday morning’s highest, Biden’s assistants kept quiet on the radio. Would Biden continue with his crusade calendar?Should I even cross with the president and the first in solitary confinement at the White House?
No one answered. But a senior biden crusader, however, cracked in the middle of the morning and described the president’s concern for physical fitness as “the definition of uncharted waters. “
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Vice President Mike Pence’s doctor reiterated that the vice president had tested negative. He also felt that the vice president has not been in close contact with those who tested positive, adding the president, and is free to talk about his business. “Mike Pence remains healthy and on the loose to talk about his general affairs,” Pence’s doctor Jesse Schonau said in a note.
Pence was photographed approaching Trump on an outdoor occasion at the White House on Monday, but proximity did not stay long enough to consider her a close contact.
Pence’s doctor’s memo, the vice president will be on the loose to crusade the president across the country. He’s scheduled to debate with Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris next week.
The intelligence network continues to assess all potential vulnerabilities more rigorously to determine whether the parties to the conflict can simply seek credit for President Trump’s fitness in any way or verify to undermine the US government. U. S. , said a U. S. intelligence source, this includes reviewing any false data. posted on social media about the president’s physical condition.
The US intelligence network paintings will also collaborate with allied intelligence agencies to gain a joint understanding of what is happening in the world as a result of the President’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
The Rev. John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, announced Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19 days after attending the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the White House Supreme Court last week. Trump on Saturday, he graduated from Notre Dame Law School.
Jenkins did not wear a mask on the occasion and shook hands with several participants. He sent a letter to the students, university and staff that he wrote “to express my regret for some of the possible choices I made that day and for not leading as I deserve. ” to have. “
“I regret my mistake of judgment by not putting a mask on my rite and shaking other people’s hands in the rose garden. I didn’t set an example at a time when I asked everyone on the Notre Dame network to do it,” Jenkins. Said.
Jenkins said it would be quarantined “according to protocols. “
Trump’s crusader manager, Bill Stepien, said in a statement that all scheduled crusader occasions “move to virtual occasions or are temporarily postponed. “All occasions of trump’s family circle crusade are also postponed.
“All crusade occasions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and we will make all relevant announcements in the coming days. Vice President Mike Pence, who tested negative for COVID-19, plans to resume his scheduled crusader occasions. Any additional information about the president will come from the White House,” Stepien said.
Earlier on Friday, Stepien suggested that staff members who had been in contact with those who had contracted the virus be quarantined.
President Trump has canceled upcoming public appearances, but could he resume face-to-face appearances in time for the next presidential debate with Joe Biden on October 15 or before Election Day on November 3?
The White House has not yet specified what fitness parameters the president will meet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a recommendation for those who have become inflamed with COVID-19.
The CDC says other people with symptoms expect to be close to others for “at least 10 days from the onset of symptoms” and not have a fever, no fever medications, for at least 24 hours. All other symptoms of COVID-19 also improve.
All of those criteria will need to be met so that a user who knows they have had COVID-19 and experienced symptoms can be surrounded by others. Trump has minor symptoms, a White House aide said Friday.
For those who have suffered from a serious COVID-19 disease, health care providers may propose to remain isolated for more than 10 days after the first symptoms appear, up to 20 days, according to the CDC.
Possibly a patient would also be encouraged to undergo repeated COVID-19 tests and those who need to complete early isolation have two negative tests 24 hours or more apart.
Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, tested negative for COVID-19, announced their crusade, and so did vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff.
Biden debated Trump in Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, the two men did not shake hands on stage, a replacement in the format of the pandemic debate.
“Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden underwent PCR testing for COVID-19 today and COVID-19 was not detected,” said his doctor, Kevin O’Connor. “I report this as Vice President Biden and as Dr. Biden’s number one care physician. “
Biden will be tested again in the coming days, as the incubation era of the virus is 2 to 14 days.
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who helped President Trump prepare for his debate before Tuesday’s first debate, tweeted Friday morning that he had been re-examined for the virus.
“I would like to thank everyone who has called me and texted me in the last few hours to check my health. I feel smart and have no symptoms. I last did the COVID test on Tuesday (it was negative) and the test this morning. “. There are no effects until tomorrow. I’ll let you know the effects from here, ” wrote Christie.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Dianne Feinstein, a prominent member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked committee chairman Lindsey Graham to postpone the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett in response to the president’s COVID-19 test.
“It is inappropriate for President Graham to devote himself to a schedule of hearings when we do not know the full extent of the possible exposure resulting from the president’s infection and before the White House launches a tactile search plan to prevent him from spreading the disease. “”, Schumer and Feinstein said. ” The sad news about the infection of our colleague, Senator Mike Lee, makes it even clearer that fitness and protection will have to consult the schedule of all Senate activities, adding hearings. “
Republican Sen. Mike Lee announced Friday that the virus had been tested and he and several other Republican senators attended the occasion at the White House last Saturday, where Trump appointed Barrett to the Supreme Court. Barrett tested negative for the virus.
Senate Democrats argued that Barrett’s confirmation procedure is illegitimate because the Senate can vote on his nomination before the election. Graham announced that he intends to hold confirmation hearings for Barrett in mid-October.
“It is imperative that President Graham prioritizes the suitability of senators, candidates and staff, and ensures a full and fair hearing that is not rushed, truncated, or virtual. Otherwise, this already illegitimate procedure will be dangerous. “Schumer and Feinstein said.
The president tweeted about his positive COVID-19 a few hours after organizing a fundraiser at Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the search for contacts took place Friday morning and suggested that everyone who attended the occasion be tested. .
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A senior Official of the Republican National Committee said protective measures were taken during fundraising.
“Each guest at least two meters from the president at all times,” the official said, and all participants tested negative for COVID-19 on the day of the event.
“The site of the occasion was cleaned and disinfected by professionals before the occasion,” the official said. “The White House Medical Unit and the U. S. Secret Service evaluated all participants to make sure they had access to the occasion. “
The following is a non-unusual list of others in President Trump’s orbit who have had recent contact with him or who meet with him regularly and who have been examined, or are being examined, for infection with COVID-19: White House: Attorney to President Hope Hicks: positive result on Thursday, October 1, Vice President Pence : negative result on Friday, October 2 Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Meadows: negative result on Friday, October 2 Secretary of Health and Social Services Alex Azar: negative result on Friday, October 2 Ivanka Trump: tested negative on Friday, October 2, Jared Kushner: negative on Friday, October 2 National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow He said on Fox Business that he had tested negative on Friday, October 2, Other Amy Coney Barrett, nominated for Supreme Court: The White House said in a statement that it came back negative on Friday, October 2. Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie: Christie, who helped Trump prepare for the debate, was examined Friday. and expects results
White House ex-treasurer Kellyanne Conway: Tweeted on Friday, October 2nd that she had COVID-19.
Trump Crusade Manager Bill Stepien: Tested for Coronavirus on Friday, October 2.
Donald Trump Jr: Tested Negative, He on Fox News on Friday, October 2
Barron Trump: The First Lady said she came back negative on Friday, October 2. Force One; Negative test on Friday, October 2, Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn (right): flew on Air Force One; tested negative on Friday, October 2, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan (right): participation in the debate and flight on Air Force One; Negative result on Friday, October 2, Utah Senator Mike Lee: I attended Barrett’s nomination announcement and met with her this week. Positive result on Thursday 1 October Nancy Pelosi: Tested negative on Friday, October 2 and tested positive on Friday, October 2. Not in recent contacts with Trump, but pre-tested: Attorney General Bill Barr: The Justice Department said it came back negative on Friday, October 2, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel – tested positive Wednesday, September 29, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin: It came back negative on Friday, October 2, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: He said in Croatia that he had tested negative on Friday, October 2.
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Dr. Kevin O’Connor, former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden’s number one care physician, said in a statement that neither had tested negative on Friday.
“Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden underwent PCR testing for COVID-19 today and COVID-19 was not detected,” O’Connor said.
The 77-year-old Biden is part of a demographic organization that is vulnerable to contracting the virus, as he made the impression Tuesday on the scene of the debate with President Trump.
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Republican Senator Mike Lee tweeted Friday that he tested the virus, days after visiting the White House.
He said he scored negative on his scale at the White House, but after experiencing symptoms on Thursday, he took another check “as a precaution. “
Lee said he will now be isolated for 10 days “on the recommendation of the Senate treating physician. “
Lee, who is on the Judiciary Committee, would be back in time to approve the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Lee met Barrett, who tested negative for the virus this week.
President Trump is experiencing minor symptoms of coronavirus, a White House adviser said, but his age and weight can put him in a greater threat of disease.
The threat of severe COVID-19 disease increases with age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “A serious illness means that the user with COVID-19 may require hospitalization, intensive care, or a fan to breathe, or possibly even die,” the CDC said.
While others over the age of 85 are at greatest threat and this age organization has had the rate of hospitalizations and deaths, others on teams 65-74 and 75-84 also account for a giant proportion of hospitalizations and coronavirus deaths in the United States. . of the 10 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States are other people over the age of 65.
Trump is 74 years old, while the first 50.
Obesity is also one of the points that increases the rate of severe COVID-19 disease, according to the CDC. Obesity triples that of COVID-19 hospitalization.
During his 2019 physical exam, Trump, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighed 243 pounds and had a body mass index of 30. 4, hitting him just above the threshold the CDC considers obese. intelligent aptitude in general. ” On his last maximum exam in June, his weight 244 pounds – one more pound.
The CDC says obesity is linked to impaired immune function, decreases lung capacity and reserve, and can make ventilation difficult.
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The first girl, Melania Trump, tweeted Friday morning that she had mild symptoms after coronavirus positive.
“Thank you for the love you send us. I have mild symptoms, but I feel generally. I look to a prompt recovery,” he tweeted.
A White House adviser, CBS News correspondent Paula Reid, said Friday that President Donald Trump had minor symptoms.
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Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Friday morning that he had just finished a “good phone call” with Trump.
“He’s in a good mood and we’re talking business, especially how inspired senators are with Judge Barrett’s qualifications. All steam with the fair, thorough and timely procedure that the nominee, court and country deserve,” McConnell wrote on Twitter. Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Mr. Trump on the Supreme Court.
McConnell said in a radio interview Friday that he believes the coronavirus is the “biggest enemy” of Barrett’s confirmation.
“I think every precaution will have to be taken because we don’t expect any Democratic support, either in the committee or in the Senate. And as a result, everyone has to be in a state of mind” all hands to work, ” McConnell. Said.
Trump Crusade manager Bill Stepien sent a letter to Crusade staff on Friday telling them to quarantine if they had been in contact with those who tested positive for the virus.
“Any crusade staff member who has been exposed to someone who testes positive without delay begins to quarantine,” Stepien said in the letter.
Stepien stated that staff members who did not revel in symptoms did not want to be quarantined, but still take precautionary measures, such as dressing in hats and practicing social estating.
“While some public occasions will be eliminated, the crusade remains open and our national team will continue to try to re-elect President Trump,” Stepien said.
Trump recently attended several election rallies where limited social estgnation and mask were not necessary.
When asked about his rallies crowded in Tuesday’s first presidential debate, Trump noted that many of his occasions took place outdoors, which is considered safer for the organization’s meetings; however, the president has also organized some occasions indoors in recent months.
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President Trump is experiencing a mild virus, a White House adviser told CBS News correspondent Paula Reid.
Reid reported that the president would continue to serve as the same as always on Friday.
President Trump has joined a developing organization of world leaders who have become inflamed with coronavirus; some, like Trump, had been accused of taking the pandemic seriously; some are now sending him his wishes for an early recovery.
The first primary global leader showed COVID-19, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after being criticized for downplaying the pandemic. Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, also tested positive in March and developed mild symptoms.
Juan Orlando Hernández, the president of Honduras, announced in June that he had tested positive, along with two other people who have worked hard with him. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced his illness in July and used it to publicly promote hydroxychloroquine, the unproven malaria drug he had promoted as a remedy for COVID-19 and which he was taking himself.
Prince Albert II of Monaco, the vice president of India and several high-level Iranians are among others who tested positive.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court candidate, tested negative for the virus. White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere told CBS News that Barrett was tested for the virus and tested negative.
According to Deere, she was the last with the president on Saturday, when she appointed him through Trump.
Deere said Barrett “follows the rules and practices of the CDC. “Barrett has met with dozens of senators, all Republicans, in the week since his appointment.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a radio interview Friday morning that he believed the coronavirus was the “biggest enemy” of Barrett’s confirmation.
“I think every precaution will have to be taken because we don’t expect any Democratic support, either in the committee or in the Senate. And as a result, everyone has to be in everyone’s hands in the bridge mentality,” McConnell said. .
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Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, conducted COVID-19 tests, confirmed a spokesman for cbs News.
“After a member of a circle of relatives tested positive for COVID-19, the president tested the virus. On Wednesday afternoon, he obtained confirmation that he tested positive for COVID-19. He’s been at his home in Michigan since last Saturday,” the spokesman said. Said.
Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s staff leader, told CBS News that the president’s youngest son, Barron, had negative results for the virus.
“Barron tested negative and each and every precaution is taken to make sure he’s healthy,” Grisham said in a statement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview with MSNBC on Friday that she would “pray for the president’s family,” but said Pelosi’s decision. Trump’s general public unmasked the public with a “cheeky invitation. “
“Entering the unmasked crowd and everything else is a cheeky invitation for something to happen,” Pelosi said, adding that he hoped the president would now adopt “a healthier technique for what this virus is. “
Pelosi said he had been tested for the virus on Friday morning “as a precaution,” but still got the results.
A White House official working heavily with Ivanka Trump at the White House said the president’s daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, had negative results for the virus.
IvankaTrump and Jared Kushner were re-evaluated for COVID-19 and both are negative,” Carolina Hurley wrote on Twitter.
“It’s never been more important” for the White House to be completely transparent with the American people, Washington front correspondent Major Garrett said in “CBS This Morning,” hours after President Trump and the first tested positive for COVID-19.
“This is a moment, whether the White House is ready for it or not, for maximum transparency,” Garrett said Friday. “Everyone in the world needs to know what happened, why, how far the president is going, what therapies, if anyone he takes, and how he’s doing it.
President COVID-19’s positive diagnosis has already caused a shock in global stock markets, with equity futures falling as analysts and investors worry about the severity of the president’s illness.
While it’s imaginable that Trump has “a mild case and is getting away with it pretty quickly,” Garrett said, there are doubts left about which the White House “must close its arms. “
“The key is to know how it happened, what the search for contacts looks like, what it looks like for the American public?”” he asked. “How does it reassure shocked investors, how it reassures their allies, how you tell others they want harm, “don’t play with that because I’m fine, the president is intact and I’m going to get better. “
He said the White House reports on his “arrogant” attitude toward building protocols opposed to coronaviruses.
“There were no protocols, they were preferences. And the preference wasn’t social distance, not wearing masks, and that’s the problem,” Garrett said.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday that he tested negative for COVID-19 and appears to be a user before the Chamber’s Special Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Friday morning regarding his agency’s reaction to the pandemic.
“As a precautionary measure, I did the COVID-19 test this morning and the result was negative. I’ll testify before Congress as scheduled,” he tweeted.
“Desiring @POTUS and @FLOTUS and all who have COVID-19 a prompt and complete recovery. “
Wishing @POTUS and @FLOTUS and all who have COVID-19 a quick and complete recovery.
Former Vice-President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, tweeted his wishes to the president and the first girl on Friday morning.
“Jill and I are sending our minds to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to recover. We will continue to pray for the health and protection of the president and his family,” Biden wrote.
A senior Official of the Republican National Committee said action was taken at a fundraising event in Bedminster, New Jersey, attended by Trump on Thursday.
“Each guest at least two meters from the president at all times,” the official said, and all participants tested negative for COVID-19 on the day of the event.
“The site of the occasion was cleaned and disinfected by professionals before the occasion,” the official said. “The White House Medical Unit and the U. S. Secret Service evaluated all participants to make sure they had access to the occasion. “
Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to undergo COVID-19 testing this morning, a family source confirms to CBS News. Such tests would not be abnormal for Biden because his presidential crusade told CBS News that he is tested weekly.
As world leaders and United Nations diplomats wake up to be informed overnight that President Trump and the first baby girl have tested positive for COVID-19, waves of surprise and sympathy emerge that sideline the arguments and policies. From the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the first United Nations fitness company to address the pandemic.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted “my best wishes” for a full recovery.
“Cure Soon” messages are sent via Telegram and Twitter to the White House on Friday morning.
The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin had sent Putin a telegram. Trump: “I hope your inherent vitality, intelligent humor and optimism will help you deal with the harmful virus. “
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “My most productive wishes to President Trump and the First Lady. Hopefully temporarily from the coronavirus. “
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also tweeted, “Like millions of Israelis, Sara and I are thinking of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump and wishing our friends a full recovery. “
A U. N. spokesman told reporters Friday morning that “the president of Secretary General Trump and first lady Melania Trump will have a swift and complete recovery. “
Devin O’Malley, the vice president’s press secretary, said on a tweet Friday morning that Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence tested negative.
“As months ago, Vice President Pence undergoes COVID-19 testing every day. This morning, Vice President Pence and the moment the girl tested negative for COVID-19, Vice President Pence stays healthy and wishes the Trumpes the best. “O’Malley wrote.
America’s global stocks and equity futures fell after President Trump said he and the first Melania Trump had tested positive for the new coronavirus.
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Shares fell in Paris, Frankfurt, London and Tokyo. Many markets in Asia closed during the holidays.
The Nikkei 225 index lost profits initially after operations resumed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday after a one-day outage due to a technical failure.
A senior White House official told CBS News that Trump is in a “good mood,” noting that detecting a COVID-19 infection “early can mitigate the situation. “
The official said it was “beneficial” that there weren’t many other people around the president, with the aim of seeking contracts.
However, Trump met with supporters at the user the previous Thursday on a fundraising occasion and organized a rally with supporters in Minnesota on Wednesday night, and Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio, for the first presidential debate.
When asked if other people were quarantined in the White House after the president and first child tested positive, a senior White House official told CBS News that “contacts have been searched and appropriate notifications and recommendations have been made. done. “
Vice President Mike Pence tweeted about an hour after Trump’s announcement, stating that he and the moment Karen Pence “send their love and prayers” to the president and the first.
“We join millions of people across the United States to pray for their complete and rapid recovery. God bless you, President Trump and our glorious First Lady Melania,” Pence wrote.
Pence is expected to appear in the first vice presidential debate on October 7.
Here’s a message from Sean P. Conley, the president’s doctor:
“I publish the following data with the permission of President Donald Trump and the first Melania Trump.
Tonight, I got confirmation that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump underwent SARS-CoV-2 screening.
The president and the first are fine right now and plan to stay in the White House while they recover.
The White House medical team and I will be attentive and grateful for the help of some of our country’s leading medical professionals and institutions. Rest a confident that I hope the president will continue to perform his duties frequently as he recovers. and keep you informed of any long-term developments.
The positive diagnosis may have come at a worse political moment for Trump, just a month before the election and two weeks before the next presidential debate scheduled against former Vice President Joe Biden.
CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reported that management officials were surprised for weeks that the virus had not been detected among White House officials, as Trump had enthusiastically followed the measures through senior fitness officials.
The president has circumvented his own administration’s rules about social estating, disguised and not collecting giant groups.
Jiang said there was a “failure in time” when masks were mandatory for White House staff if they had status and moved around the building, those measures “disappeared. “
This is of particular concern, Jiang noted, given that the list of other people who have had close non-public contact with the president and the first girl in recent days “is long and filled with some of the most important people in the world. the Trump administration. “
The president was due to cross in Florida on Friday and then in the western United States next week, however, all of his occasions were canceled unless one; still intended to establish a phone call about COVID-19 for vulnerable seniors on Friday.
The phone call is scheduled for 12:00 p. m. 15. et is closed to the press.
In his first debate with former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Trump defended his resolve to appear in public without a face mask and mocked Biden for dressing up in “the biggest mask he’s ever seen. “
“I think the mask is fine,” said Trump, who asked him through moderator Chris Wallace why he appears to be in public without a mask and pulled a mask off his suit jacket to show that he was dressed in it.
“I put on a mask, you know, when I think I love her. Tonight is an example, everyone passed a test,” Trump said. “I put on a mask when necessary. When necessary, I wear masks. “
He then mocked Biden for dressing in a mask every time he gave the impression in public. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that others wear a mask in public to help mitigate the spread of the virus.
“I don’t wear a mask like him. Every time you see him, he has a mask,” Trump said, adding that Biden “could communicate two hundred yards away” and then “appears with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen. “. “
News of Trump’s positive tests came hours after he reported that the president’s assistant leader, Hope Hicks, had tested positive for coronavirus. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows tested negative for the virus, a senior White House official told CBS News. .
“The force across the country is with President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a tweet, adding that Mr. Trump would “continue to put other people first!”