"Drink sanitizer", now look how it turned against Trump

US President Donald Trump has said in a video on Twitter that he is "starting to feel good and will be back soon”. However, White House physician Sean Conley has said that the president is "not yet out of the woods". Those messages were among the latest in a string of contradictory and often misleading information about Trump's diagnosis with COVID-19.

Trump (74) and First Lady Melania Trump (50) tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2. The president is receiving treatment at the Walter Reed Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, a Maryland suburb of Washington DC. Melania has stayed back at the White House.

Since then several other officials working at the presidential palace have contracted the infection. However, the administration has consistently been less than transparent about the president's health as the virus spread inside the White House. Conley said that Trump was not administered oxygen on October 1 or since he has been a patient at Walter Reed Medical Center. The doctor painted a rosy picture of the president's health as he remains hospitalized for coronavirus treatment.

Assessment was immediately contradicted by a person familiar with Trump's condition, who said that the situation had been very concerning. The person who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Trump was given oxygen at the White House. The person further told the news agency that the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care.

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