WASHINGTON: The Latest on coronavirus infections hitting President Donald Trump and others in his circle (all times EDT):
1:30 p.m.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the doctors treating President Donald Trump for the coronavirus must provide trustworthy information to the public.
Pelosi said Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation: We need to have trust that what theyre telling us about the Presidents condition is real.
Her interview aired before the presidents medical team held a news conference at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is receiving treatment.
Pressed about the conflicting information he and the White House released the day before, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley acknowledged Sunday that he had tried to present a rosy description of the presidents condition. The doctor also said Trumps blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days, but he has continued to improve since then.
Pelosi says she’s worried that the information the doctors are relaying to the public has to be approved by the president. Thats not very scientific.
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1:10 p.m.
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, have tested negative again for the coronavirus days after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with COVID-19.
A Pence spokesperson confirmed Sunday’s negative tests.
Despite the presidents hospitalization, Pence is expected to resume regular campaigning this week with no changes to protocols meant to keep him from getting infected.
Pence is set to debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.
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Noon
President Donald Trumps physician says he was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of the president and his medical team when he declined to share Saturday that Trump was placed on oxygen the day before.
Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley was pressed Sunday on why his rosy picture of the presidents health was contradicted moments later by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who expressed that the medical team was very concerned with the presidents health Friday morning when he experienced a drop in his blood oxygen levels and had a high fever.
Said Conley: I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of the team, that the president, that his course of illness has had.
He added that he didnt want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction. And in doing so, came off like were trying to hide something, which wasnt necessarily true.
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11:55 a.m.
President Donald Trumps team of doctors says he is doing well after his COVID-19 diagnosis and could be discharged as early as Monday to continue his treatment.
Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a specialist in pulmonary critical care, said Trump received a second dose of the experimental drug remdesivir along with a first dose of dexamethasone Saturday and isnt showing any side effects that we can tell.
He said Sunday that Trump is up and well and the plan was to have him out of bed Sunday as much as possible.
Garibaldi and Trumps doctor, Dr. Sean Conley, said if things continue to go well, Trump will be able to return to the White House on Monday to continue his five-day course of remdesivir treatment and other appropriate therapy.
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11:50 a.m.
The presidents physician says President Donald Trump was treated with a steroid after a drop in oxygen levels on Saturday.
Dr. Sean Conley said at a news conference on Sunday that he was given the steroid dexamethasone while he was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Conley said the presidents oxygen level had dropped down to 93% on Saturday. He says the president did not feel short of breath.
He says the presidents medical team is hoping Trump will be up and about, out of bed and eating and drinking throughout the day.
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11:15 a.m.
President Donald Trumps doctors are set to brief the public on his condition late Sunday morning after he spent a second night hospitalized with COVID-19.
Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley, the presidents physician, and the rest of his medical team are expected to provide an update on Trumps treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The briefing is expected to begin at 11:30 am.
Saturdays briefing featured mixed messages, as Conley painted a rosy picture of the presidents health, only to see White House chief of staff Mark Meadows later say officials were very concerned with the presidents condition before he was hospitalized.
A small group of Trump supporters gathered outside the hospital on Sunday, some waving large blue Trump flags and others holding smaller American flags and Trump-Pence reelection signs. The song God Bless the U.S.A. played in the background, occasionally interrupted by the supportive honking of a car horn, as the group waved the flags and paced back-and-forth outside the entrance to the military installation. A much larger group had gathered Saturday night cheering for the president.
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