White House Physician Sean Conley said on Friday night that US President Donald Trump is doing “very well” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for Covid-19.

Dr. Conley says, "This evening I'm happy to report that the President is doing very well. He is not requiring any supplemental oxygen, but in consultation with specialists we have elected to initiate Remdesivir therapy," Conley wrote, referring to a drug that has been shown to shorten coronavirus patients' hospital stays. "He has completed his first dose and is resting comfortably."

The President is not in any support system, Conley asserted while adding, "the president has been fever free for over 24 hours."

President Trump's oxygen saturation level is at 96 per cent, Dr Conley said while informing that the US president wasn't receiving any extra oxygen and wasn't experiencing any breathing problem.

"We are monitoring him closely for any complication-his cardiac function, liver and kidney are functioning well. He is walking around, is in good spirit," Conley added.

The news comes after a chaotic day marked by Trump's announcement early Friday morning that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19, followed by the sudden news Friday afternoon that he was being taken to Walter Reed at Conley's recommendation.

Emerging from the White House residence at 6:16 p.m. ET for his first public appearance since announcing 16 hours earlier he had tested positive for coronavirus, Trump walked under his own power to his waiting helicopter and displayed no major outward signs of illness.

Source: Agencies