Transcript: Doctors Say Trump Will Continue Treatment From White House
President Trump's medical team once again held a briefing outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday for an update on the president's COVID-19 treatment.
The doctors said that the president is doing well and meets all standard hospital discharge criteria. Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, confirmed a tweet by the president earlier in the day that he was "feeling really good" and would be leaving Walter Reed. The president headed back to the White House just after 6:30 p.m. ET.
Trump will continue to receive his five-day course of remdesivir, taking the fifth and final dose at the White House Tuesday evening, doctors said.
Conley declined to answer repeated questions about when the president had his last negative test. He also refused to giving information about Trump's lung scans or whether there were signs of pneumonia, citing patient privacy regulations.
Read the transcript of the news conference below.
SEAN CONLEY, WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN: Good afternoon, everyone, thank you for being here. Over the past 24 hours, the president has continued to improve. He's met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria. He'll receive another dose of Remdesivir here today and then we plan to get him home. It's been more than 72 hours since his last fever.
Oxygen levels, including ambulatory saturations and his work of breathing are all normal. Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and I agree that all our evaluations and most importantly his clinical status support the president's safe return home, where he'll be surrounded by world class medical care 24/7. I'd like to bring Dr. Duli up to review some more specifics.
SEAN DOOLEY, PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE
