Trump was hospitalized Friday night after experiencing mild fever, chills, nasal congestion and coughing, they told ABC News sources with direct wisdom on the subject. Trump’s doctor said Saturday that the president no longer has a fever and that his nasal “mild cough” congestion and fatigue are “decreasing and improving. “
Sources close to Trump told ABC News that the president had trouble breathing and gained additional oxygen Friday at the White House after his oxygen levels dropped. hours were of wonderful fear and that the next 48 hours would be critical in terms of attention. “
Trump tweeted Saturday: “Doctors, nurses and ALL the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and other similar establishments that have joined them, are helping them, I feel good!”
Trump and first lady Melania Trump announced shortly the day after Friday that they had tested positive for COVID-19.
While it’s unclear how 74-year-old Trump contracted COVID-19, the news that he tested positive came hours after he revealed that one of his closest advisers, Hope Hicks, had also tested positive.
Since Trump announced that he had a coronavirus, Senator Mike Lee, Senator Thom Tillis, Senator Ron Johnson, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, Trump Crusade Manager Bill Stepien, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former White House treasurer Kellyanne Conway have announced that they have tested for COVID-19.
Vice President Mike Pence negative on Saturday. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris went negative on Friday.
Sources close to Trump told ABC News that the president had trouble breathing and gained additional oxygen Friday at the White House after his oxygen grades dropped, which led the president to be transferred to Walter Reed Hospital On Friday afternoon.
Additionally, as a result of this aptitude assessment provided through Walter Reed’s doctors, a senior management official told ABC News that “according to [the president’s] physician, Dr. [Sean] Conley, the next 48 hours are to monitor prospective disease progression. ” The official added that some of the important elements of the president on Friday morning were “concerning. “
The group reported through a “source close to the president’s health” that Trump’s “vital symptoms over the past 24 hours were a wonderful fear and that the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of attention. full recovery. “
On Saturday morning, the president’s medical team said at his briefing that he hasn’t received any additional oxygen lately.
At one point, the president’s doctor said “and today I wasn’t on oxygen,” but in another later reaction he said, “Thursday, there’s no oxygen. None at the moment. And with the team, while we were all here, it wasn’t in oxygen. “
When asked if Trump was breathing, Conley replied, “No, he never did. Never. “
Katherine Faulders and John Santucci of ABC News contributed to this report.
Trump is “fine” Saturday morning, said Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s doctor, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump is “in exceptional humor” and has no trouble breathing or walking, Conley said.
“He’s had a fever Thursday through Friday and since Friday he didn’t get anything,” Conley said, not to say how high Trump’s fever was.
“The president has had a fever for more than 24 hours. We’re still cautiously optimistic, but he’s doing very well,” Conley said.
“We monitor their core function, kidney function, liver function, all of which is normal,” Conley said.
Trump will be on a five-day Remdesivir course.
“On Thursday he had a mild cough with nasal congestion and fatigue that are now decreasing and improving,” Conley said. “The team and I are incredibly with the president’s progress. “
Pressed to find out if the president had been treated with supplemental oxygen at some point since his diagnosis, Conley provided a clear and declarative response.
“And did you say he didn’t get any extra oxygen?” asked a journalist.
“He’s not getting oxygen right now, that’s true, ” said Conley.
When the reporter checked if he had done so at some point, Conley replied, “He doesn’t want it this morning, not today. “
At one point, Conley said, “Yesterday and today I wasn’t on oxygen. “In another later reaction, he said: “On Thursday, there is no oxygen. None at the moment. And with the equipment while we were all here, I wasn’t not on oxygen. “He didn’t ask if Trump had been given oxygen while his team wasn’t there.
When asked if Trump had trouble breathing, Conley replied, “No, he never did. I’ve never noticed that. “
Reporters wondered when Trump had last tested positive, but Conley responded.
Conley also raised questions about the time, saying the president was “within 72 hours of being diagnosed,” Trump’s diagnosis was released to the public about 36 hours ago. Conley then said in a note that he “incorrectly used the term” seventy-two hours “instead of the third day” and “forty-eight hours” instead of the “second day. “”Conley proved that Trump was diagnosed Thursday night.
Conley didn’t say when Trump would be fired. ” I don’t need to put a difficult date for that,” Conley said.
It’s Conley’s first court briefing on the president’s condition.
Elizabeth Thomas of ABC News contributed to this report.
Former New Jersey governor and ABC News contributor Chris Christie, who helped Trump prepare for Tuesday’s Debate at the White House on Monday, tweeted Saturday morning: “I just got a message that I’m positive for COVID-19. “
“I will get medical attention and keep the other mandatory people informed of my condition,” he wrote.
While the president had experienced shortness of breath after positive for the virus on Saturday morning, he had no difficulty breathing, sources close to the case told ABC News.
Trump visited Walter Reed Medical Center after having a low fever, chills, a stuffy nose and a cough, and the president still has symptoms on Saturday, multiple resources said.
Trump has been resting well all night as doctors continue to monitor him and compare him over the weekend to determine when he can return to the White House, reresources told ABC News. they said the resources.
The president is not yet a force movement for Vice President Mike Pence. However, the president is concerned that the fall of the virus has frightened him and his key aides, Resources said.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who stayed at Walter Reed with the president overnight, tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday morning.
Katherine Faulders and John Santucci of ABC News contributed to this report.