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President Trump
spent the night at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he received the experimental drug
remdesivir after experiencing mild coronavirus symptoms. Before he was transported to the hospital, Trump was struggling with a low-grade fever, a cough and nasal congestion, two officials familiar with his condition said.
At a press conference, Trump’s medical team at Walter Reed said the president is fever-free and that they are “extremely happy” with the progress the president has made. But the team refused to answer key questions about when the president was first diagnosed, first symptomatic and whether he had received supplemental oxygen.
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who helped Trump prepare for Tuesday night’s presidential debate, said Saturday morning he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Christie was in close contact with Trump and other senior officials in recent days.
He attended the event in the Rose Garden last Saturday where Trump announced his pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. At one point, he was seen hugging Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who also has tested positive for the virus.
On Sunday, Christie attended a news conference in the White House briefing room, along with press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and the president’s personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani. They could be seen huddling close to one another, none of them wearing masks.
10:37 a.m.
At least seven people, including two U.S. senators, who had attended Saturday’s Rose Garden ceremony announcing Amy Coney Barrett as President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee have since tested positive for the coronavirus.
Among the roughly 150 guests at the event were eight Republican senators: either close allies of the president or members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that will hold confirmation hearings for Barrett.
Here is what we know about the statuses of the GOP senators who attended on Saturday:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.): She has tested negative, according to an aide.
Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho): A spokesman said Crapo tested negative.
Sen. Deb Fischer (Neb.): A spokeswoman said Fischer has taken a coronavirus test and expects her results on Sunday. She currently has no symptoms.
Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.): Unclear.
Sen. Mike Lee (Utah): He tested positive for the virus after experiencing symptoms similar to allergies, according to a statement from him. He will isolate for 10 days from getting his positive diagnosis.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (Ga.): She has tested negative, according to an aide.
Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.): Sasse was most recently tested on Friday and was negative, a spokesman said. But he will undergo more tests and work remotely from Nebraska, where he drove himself home after the Senate concluded its business for the week. He plans to return to Washington on Oct. 12.
Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.): Tillis tested positive on a rapid antigen test, the senator said in a statement. He is asymptomatic and will isolate at home for 10 days.
Trump doctor to update public on president’s condition at 11 a.m.
By Colby Itkowitz
The White House announced that Sean P. Conley, the president’s physician, will provide an update on Trump’s condition at 11 a.m. at Walter Reed.
The last update from Conley came in the form of a memo late Friday night that describes the president as “doing very well.” Conley wrote that Trump did not require oxygen, but was undergoing treatment with the experimental drug
remdesivir.
On Friday, Conley and other aides described Trump as having “mild symptoms” in the form of a cough, congestion and a low-grade fever. They said Trump’s stay in the hospital was “out of an abundance of caution.”
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Anchor Chris Wallace sat 10 to 12 feet from a maskless Trump and Joe Biden in an enclosed space for the duration of the hour-and-a-half debate Tuesday — the most chaotic in modern history.
So when Trump revealed early Friday that he and his wife, Melania, had tested positive, Wallace became part of the story, but he also brought his trademark tough interrogation tactics and blunt truth-telling to the network’s coverage of the emerging story.
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Trump receiving the experimental drug remdesivir, his doctor says
By Reis Thebault
The president is receiving remdesivir, an antiviral drug that has shown modest benefits for some people, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has “completed his first dose and is resting comfortably,” according to a late Friday statement from his physician.
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