The hospital is located in Bethesda near Washington. The helicopter will transport Trump there in the next few hours.
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Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. The president is one of the risk groups due to age and weight.
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It was originally said that he had only mild symptoms. However, the NBC server said on Friday, referring to unnamed sources, that the president had a fever all day.
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Trump’s doctor, Sean Conley, said on Friday that the president had received an experimental drug developed by the pharmaceutical company Regeneron, which had shown good results in clinical trials in a smaller number of patients. According to Conley, Trump also receives zinc, vitamin D, aspirin, famotidine and melatonin.
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The drug, which was given to Trump by infusion, is in the last, third phase of clinical trials, which began in July. It is intended not only for the treatment but also for the prevention of covidem 19 infection and began testing in July. It is planned to test about two thousand people, but so far only 275 of them have passed the tests. However, the company is very optimistic with regard to the excellent results of the second phase of tests.
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The drug, which is supposed to produce effective antibodies to covidem infection in the body, is called a “cocktail” of various preparations, including an extract from the blood plasma of cured patients. After the news that Trump is being treated with this particular drug, Regeneron’s share prices have skyrocketed.
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According to the doctor’s statement, the president was tired all day, but otherwise in a good mood.
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