Barely 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus, United States president, Donald Trump, was yesterday flown to the hospital.
According to the White House, the decision to transport him to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre was taken out of an abundance of caution.
The American president started manifesting ‘mild symptoms’ of Covid-19 on Thursday after disclosing that he and his wife Melania had gone into quarantine late Wednesday.disclosing that he and his wife Melania had gone into quarantine late Wednesday. The White House said he was feeling fatigued but in good spirits.
Wearing a mask and suit, the president walked out across the white house lawn on Friday afternoon to his helicopter, Marine one, for the trip to the hospital.
This is coming just over a month before the presidential elections where he will face Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.