{"id":89367,"date":"2020-10-03T07:07:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T12:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=89367"},"modified":"2020-10-03T07:07:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T12:07:54","slug":"auto-draft-237","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2020\/10\/03\/auto-draft-237\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Diagnosed With COVID-19,\u202fto Work From Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89368 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized.jpg 600w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Hospitalized-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 WHITE HOUSE &#8211; Late Friday U.S. President Donald Trump, suffering from COVID-19, tweeted from his hospital suite, \u201cGoing well, I think! Thank you to all. LOVE!!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1312233807991496704&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1312233807991496704\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The president\u2019s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said in a memo to White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday, \u201cThis evening I am happy to report that the President is doing very well. 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 and is resting comfortably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was taken by helicopter from the White House to a nearby military hospital Friday afternoon, where he is expected to remain for at least several days.<\/p>\n<p>The president, with a wave and a thumbs-up gesture to reporters, boarded Marine One on the White House South Lawn and flew to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland, which has a suite that allows presidents to work from the hospital.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"embedded-entity\" data-embed-button=\"wysiwug_image\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.large_embedded\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"fd6a506a-0475-425e-9397-168011db1511\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<figure class=\"media media--type-image media--view-mode-\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im-media.voltron.voanews.com\/Drupal\/01live-166\/styles\/sourced_737px_wide\/s3\/ap-images\/2020\/10\/ded79337357b76b09ad5070b4d5d7bfe.jpg?itok=8whxo4r_\" alt=\"Maine One with President Donald Trump aboard leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after\u2026\" width=\"737\" height=\"491\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption>Maine One with President Donald Trump aboard leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for COVID-19, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the helicopter landed at the hospital, Trump walked to a vehicle for the short drive to the main building\u2019s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the president will be working from the presidential offices at Walter Reed for the next few days,\u201d McEnany said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>There was no transfer of power from the hospitalized 74-year-old president to Vice President Mike Pence, who was at his official residence, the U.S. Naval Observatory, according to White House officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1312158400352972800&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1312158400352972800\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Trump \u201cremains in good spirts, has mild symptoms, and has been working throughout the day,\u201d according to the press secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours after he and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with COVID-19, the president was given, at the White House, a yet-to-be approved, unproven but promising treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u201creceived a single, 8-gram dose of Regeneron\u2019s polyclonal antibodies,\u201d the president\u2019s physician said in a memo to McEnany. \u201cHe completed the infusion without incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\" data-embed-button=\"wysiwyg_video\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.embedded\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"47fe340a-cbcf-4af3-bdaa-b3c28e878a2e\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"sr-only\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div id=\"kvideo_1_x21hdp7y\" class=\"notranslate\">\n<div id=\"_3644251-1-x21hdp7y-wrapper\" class=\"kaltura-video-player\" data-embed-id=\"2819791\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"kvideo_1_x21hdp7y\" class=\"notranslate\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/voamedia.voanews.com\/pd\/p\/2446332\/sp\/244633200\/serveFlavor\/entryId\/1_x21hdp7y\/v\/1\/ev\/6\/flavorId\/1_qlfnnxtm\/fileName\/Trump___s_Positive_COVID_Test_Throws_Election_Into_Disarray__(VOA_MP3_128Kbps).mp3\/name\/a.mp3\" download=\"\"> Download Audio<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>A high dose of the antibody cocktail, REGN-COV2, has prompted levels of the virus to decrease more quickly in infected, nonhospitalized patients, potentially indicating the treatment may help them get better, Regeneron reported last week.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday afternoon, \u201cthe president remains fatigued but in good spirits,\u201d said the doctor, who is a U.S. Navy commander.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports, quoting sources, said Trump was suffering from chills, a fever and headache.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"embedded-entity\" data-embed-button=\"wysiwug_image\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.large_embedded\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"48db2d73-75b0-4de0-a822-82c1491f9dbf\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<figure class=\"media media--type-image media--view-mode-\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im-media.voltron.voanews.com\/Drupal\/01live-166\/styles\/sourced_737px_wide\/s3\/2020-10\/2020-10-02T204401Z_74487232_RC2KAJ9T6UZR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-TRUMP.JPG?itok=tIhfEkfV\" alt=\"A memorandum from the White House physician U.S. Navy Commander Sean Conley, released by the White House, provides an update on\u2026\" width=\"694\" height=\"898\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption>A memorandum from the White House physician, Sean Conley, released by the White House, provides an update on President Donald Trump&#8217;s medical condition after the announcement that the president had tested positive for the coronavirus, Oct. 2, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Conley added in his statement that the first lady \u201cremains well with only a mild cough and headache, and the remainder of the first family are well and tested negative\u201d for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a very moderate case\u201d of the coronavirus that has infected the president, according to his economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, who spoke to a group of White House reporters. \u201cThe president is going to get healthy soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s illness comes a month before the November election. His opponent, Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden, said on Friday that he was sending \u201cprayers for the health and safety of the first lady and the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden added that the president\u2019s positive test for COVID-19 was a \u201cbracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Biden were about 4 meters apart on a debate stage Tuesday evening in Cleveland, Ohio. Biden\u2019s campaign said the former vice president on Friday tested negative for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"embedded-entity\" data-embed-button=\"wysiwug_image\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.large_embedded\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"2c966d30-43e0-4d52-b5c4-dfc9506d54bc\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<figure class=\"media media--type-image media--view-mode-\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im-media.voltron.voanews.com\/Drupal\/01live-166\/styles\/sourced_737px_wide\/s3\/2020-10\/AP_20276747773531.jpg?itok=af1aOq-x\" alt=\"Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to speak at United Food &amp; Commercial Workers Union\u2026\" width=\"737\" height=\"491\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption>Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives to speak at United Food &amp;amp; Commercial Workers Union Local 951 in Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 2, 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking Friday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Biden, wearing a surgical mask, called again for a national mask mandate, asserting that it could save 100,000 lives in 100 days.<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus has killed more than 208,000 people in the United States and infected 7.3 million across the country, according to Johns Hopkins University data.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign Friday put on hold all previously announced events involving the president\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVice President Mike Pence, who has tested negative for COVID-19, plans on resuming his scheduled campaign events,\u201d said the campaign\u2019s manager, Bill Stepien, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, Trump tweeted: \u201cTonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1311892190680014849&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1311892190680014849\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Minutes later, the White House released a memorandum from the president\u2019s physician, Conley, confirming the positive tests for the Trumps.<\/p>\n<p>Melania Trump later tweeted, \u201cAs too many Americans have done this year, @potus &amp; I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good &amp; I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe &amp; we will all get through this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1311900591174680581&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1311900591174680581\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In another tweet, the first lady acknowledged she also had \u201cmild symptoms but overall feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1312046490077061121&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1312046490077061121\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Trump, who for months has played down the seriousness of the coronavirus, on Thursday evening confirmed during a telephone interview on the Fox News Channel that he and the first lady had been tested after one of his closest aides, Hope Hicks, was confirmed to have been infected.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks, counselor to the president, traveled with Trump to Pennsylvania for a campaign rally on Saturday, then to Cleveland for the presidential debate on Tuesday and to Minnesota for campaign events the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks was showing symptoms at a political rally Wednesday evening in Duluth, Minnesota, and tested positive Thursday morning, according to officials who spoke on condition of not being named.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fundraiser in New Jersey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, flew Thursday with some top officials to New Jersey for a political fundraising event, where he was in close contact with dozens of people.<\/p>\n<p>During the telephone interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, the president suggested Hicks could have contracted the virus from members of the military or law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is very, very hard when you are with people from the military, or from law enforcement, and they come over to you, and they want to hug you, and they want to kiss you, because we really have done a good job for them,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou get close, and things happen. I was surprised to hear with Hope, but she is a very warm person with them. She knows there\u2019s a risk, but she is young.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president, in his 70s and overweight, is in a high-risk category for the coronavirus, but until Friday he was otherwise believed to be in good health.<\/p>\n<p>Pence and his wife, Karen, tested negative for COVID-19 early Friday, according to spokesman Devin O\u2019Malley. The spokesman said the vice president \u201cremains in good health and wishes the Trumps well in their recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-5\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1311997475226636291&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1311997475226636291\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that he and his wife, Susan, had also tested negative.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo said he and his wife were examined on an airplane 20 minutes before landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The country\u2019s top diplomat told reporters upon arrival that he last saw Trump on September 15 at the White House and said, \u201cWe are praying for the president and first lady that they\u2019ll have a speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, who left the White House staff in August, tweeted late Friday that she has tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-6\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1312214949658152960&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Ftrump-diagnosed-covid-19-work-hospital&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1312214949658152960\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOA \u2014 WHITE HOUSE &#8211; Late Friday U.S. President Donald Trump, suffering from COVID-19, tweeted from his hospital suite, \u201cGoing well, I think! Thank you to all. LOVE!!\u201d The president\u2019s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said in a memo to White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday, \u201cThis evening I am happy to report that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latests"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fa","en"],"languages":{"fa":{"title":true,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89370,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89367\/revisions\/89370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}