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    Tuesday, May 07, 2024

    The Latest: Trump could be discharged as soon as Monday

    Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s 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 isn’t 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 Trump’s 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.

    Conley said the president’s oxygen level had dropped down to 93% on Saturday. He says the president did not feel short of breath.

    He says the president’s medical team is hoping Trump will be up and about, out of bed and eating and drinking throughout the day.

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