Doctor Says Trump Isn’t Transmission Risk After President Holds Public Event
Coronavirus,Donald Trump,2020 Election,Elections
President Trump gave his first public remarks since contracting Covid-19 more than a week earlier, speaking to hundreds of pro-police activists Saturday on the White House lawn.
The president—who didn’t wear a mask—emerged from the White House on Saturday pumping his fists, to cheers of “USA” from the audience. “I’m feeling great,” he said. In taped videos and brief appearances earlier in the week, the president had at times appeared short of breath, but sounded better in his nearly 20-minute speech Saturday.
In a memo Saturday evening, Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, said Mr. Trump was no longer considered a transmission risk to others but didn’t say whether Mr. Trump continues to test positive for the virus. He said diagnostic tests show there is “no longer evidence of actively replicating virus.”
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