U.S. Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, talks to the media about U.S. President Donald Trump's health after the president was hospitalized for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Cente
Washington: US President has been breathing well on his own and is not receiving supplementary oxygen in his hospital treatment for Covid-19, his medical team said on Saturday.
"We have monitored his cardiac function, his kidney function, liver function. All of those are normal," said his doctor, Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley.
Conley said Trump has been fever-free for 24 hours as he updates the nation on the president’s condition from the hospital Saturday morning. Trump was admitted Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus.
While Conley said the president is not currently on oxygen, he refused to say whether the president had ever been on oxygen, despite repeated questioning. He said that Trump's symptoms, including a cough and nasal congestion "are now resolving and improving."
"He’s in exceptionally good spirits," said another doctor, Sean Dooley.
The White House said Trump was expected to stay at the hospital for "a few days” and he would continue to work from the hospital’s presidential suite, which is equipped to allow him to keep up his official duties. In addition to accessibility to tests and equipment, the decision was made, at least in part, with the understanding that moving him later, if he took a turn for the worse, could send a worrying signal.
