Trump under Remdesivir therapy, doing well: Doc
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, who was shifted to a military hospital after being tested positive for COVID-19, is undergoing Remdesivir therapy and is “doing well”, the White House physician has said.
The Trump administration had issued an emergency use authorisation for Remdesivir earlier this year after the drug showed moderate effectiveness in improving outcomes for patients who were hospitalised with the coronavirus.
Trump, 74, was flown to Walter Reed Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, a
Maryland suburb of Washington DC, on Saturday.
White House physician Sean Conley said medical specialists have recommended Remdesivir therapy to treat the president’s COVID-19 infection.
“This evening, I am happy to report that the President is doing well,” Conley said in a health bulletin, the first after the president was moved to the military hospital.
He is not requiring any supplemental oxygen, but in consultation with specialists we have elected to initiate Remdesivir therapy. He has completed his first dose, he said.
Cases on the rise in WH Two US Senators, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, his campaign manager and three White House journalists have tested positive for COVID-19, joining several officials working at the presidential palace to have contracted the infection.
Republican Senators Thom Tillis from North Carolina, and Mike Lee from Utah confirmed they have been tested positive for coronavirus.