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| 'I feel better than I did 20 years ago': Trump announces he's ready to leave the hospital Monday evening | 'I feel better than I did 20 years ago': Trump announces he's ready to leave the hospital Monday evening |
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| US President Donald Trump has announced he was feeling better and will be leaving the Walter Reed Medical Center after spending the weekend there getting treated for the coronavirus. | US President Donald Trump has announced he was feeling better and will be leaving the Walter Reed Medical Center after spending the weekend there getting treated for the coronavirus. |
| “Feeling really good!” Trump tweeted on Monday afternoon, shortly before a press conference by doctors was scheduled to brief the press on his condition, and giving the exact time he would be departing. | |
| “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump added, praising the “really great drugs and knowledge” developed under his administration. | |
| “I feel better than I did 20 years ago!” 74-year-old president added. | |
| Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for the virus late last Thursday, and were quarantined at the White House. The president took a helicopter to the Bethesda, Maryland hospital on Friday as speculation about his condition mounted. Once there, the White House released photos and video of him working and in good spirits. | |
| On Sunday, the president left the hospital briefly to drive through a throng of supporters that gathered outside, waving at them from the back of an armored SUV while wearing a mask. | |
| Doctors have so far disclosed that Trump has been treated with an experimental antibody cocktail, supplements that included vitamin D and zinc, as well as the anti-inflammation steroid dexamethasone. | |
| In addition to the president and the first lady, three Republican senators and several staff – including campaign manager Bill Stepien and White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany – have tested positive for the coronavirus. | |
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