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Trump to spend ‘a few days’ at Walter Reed after COVID-19 diagnosis

President is experiencing symptoms and taking an experimental antibody cocktail

President Donald Trump is heading to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House says is a precaution after he tested positive for COVID-19 and began experiencing symptoms.

“President Trump remains in good [spirits], has mild symptoms, and has been working throughout the day. Out 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,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement Friday.

Trump is traveling to the military medical complex aboard Marine One, which is the way presidents often travel to the facility in nearby Bethesda, Maryland. Continue reading.

Trump takes an experimental COVID drug as reports emerge about his true symptoms

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President Donald Trump has taken an experimental drug treatment for his newly diagnosed case of COVID-19, the White House announced Friday afternoon. 

Sean Conley, the president’s physician, explained in a memo that Trump has “received a single 8 gram dose of Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail.” Conley referred to this as a “precautionary measure.” He said the president took the dose “without incident,” and noted that the president is also taking “zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin, and a daily aspirin.”

He described the president as “fatigued but in good spirits,” while First Lady Melania Trump — also diagnosed with the disease caused by the coronavirus — “remains well with only a mild cough and headache.” No one else in the president’s family has tested positive for the virus. Continue reading.