WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – US President Donald Trump is no longer an active carrier of the novel coronavirus, his physician Sean Conley said in a statement, released by the White House press service.
“This evening I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning’s COVID PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk for others,” the doctor said.
“Now at day 10 from symptom onset, fever-free for well over 24 hours and all symptoms inproved, the assortment of advanced diagnostic tests obtained reveal there is no longer evidence of actively replicating the virus,” Conley added. “In addition, sequential testing throughout his illness has demonstrated decreasing viral loads.”
The doctor said he would continue to monitor the US president’s health as he returns to an active schedule.
On Oct 2, Trump, 74, said that his wife Melania and he had tested positive for coronavirus.
Later that day, the president arrived to the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. On Monday, Trump left the hospital and returned to the White House.
Meanwhile, Trump on Sunday declared himself immune from Covid-19 as he prepares to return to the election campaign trail and fight to regain ground against rival Joe Biden.
“It looks like I’m immune for, I don’t know, maybe a long time and maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but I’m immune,” Trump said in a Fox News interview, a day after his doctor affirmed he was no longer a transmission risk for the disease. — NNN-AGENCIES