WASHINGTON — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump has been flown to a military hospital after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White House.
The president had to rip up his reelection roadmap due to a virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans, and others in his orbit tested positive as well.
The White House said Trump’s expected stay of “a few days” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center was precautionary and that he would continue to work from the hospital’s presidential suite, which is equipped to allow him to keep up his official duties.
Here are the latest developments.
Friday, Oct. 2
11:47 p.m. - A memorandum from the president's physician has been released announcing the president has just completed his first dose of Remdesivir and is "resting comfortably."
The note from Dr. Sean P. Conley was released with permission from the president. Conley said they moved the president to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for further monitoring and that he is "doing very well." He also hasn't required any supplemental oxygen but was placed on Remdesivir therapy after consultation with specialists.
10:25 p.m. - President Donald Trump’s former adviser Kellyanne Conway said late Friday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after attending a White House event with several others who have since come down with COVID-19.
Conway tweeted Friday that she has a “light cough” and is “feeling fine.” “I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians,” she added.
Conway attended the Rose Garden announcement Saturday where President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Among the attendees, Republican Sens. Mike Lee and Thom Tillis, the president of the University of Notre Dame, as well as Trump himself tested positive Friday for the coronavirus.
6:35 p.m. - President Donald Trump has arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and released a video saying that he thinks he's “doing very well.”
6:20 p.m. - President Donald Trump has appeared in public for the first time since his COVID-19 diagnosis, giving a thumbs up before he boarded Marine One for a military hospital.
Trump walked out of the White House to the helicopter Friday evening on his way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
The White House says Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital on the advice of his physicians after contracting COVID-19.
5:55 p.m. - Former President Barack Obama is extending his “best wishes” to President Donald Trump following his coronavirus diagnosis.
Obama said Friday that even during “big political battles” it’s important to remember that “we’re all Americans, and we’re all human beings.”
5:15 p.m. - The White House says President Donald Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital on the advice of his physicians after contracting COVID-19.
Trump is to depart the White House by helicopter early Friday evening for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House says that the visit is precautionary and that Trump will work from the hospital’s presidential suite, which is equipped to allow him to continue his official duties.
Earlier Friday the White House said Trump remains “fatigued” and had been injected with an experimental antibody drug combination
4:40 p.m. - President Donald Trump’s doctor says Trump is being treated with an experimental drug aimed at supplying antibodies to help fight his coronavirus infection.
Trump is receiving a two-antibody combo drug that’s currently in late-stage studies from a company that previously developed a successful treatment for Ebola using a similar approach. It’s given as a one-time treatment through an IV.
Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said the drug was being given “as a precautionary measure,” and that Trump also was taking zinc, vitamin D, an antacid called famotidine, melatonin and aspirin. None of those have been proven to be effective against COVID-19.
2:30 p.m. - The vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris next week will go on as scheduled after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday.
2 p.m. - President Donald Trump’s campaign manager says all campaign events involving the president and his family will either be turned into virtual events or postponed until further notice.
1:30 p.m. - Minnesota health officials are urging people who attended events associated with President Donald Trump’s visit this week to consider being tested for the coronavirus.
12:30 p.m. - Joe Biden has tested negative for the coronavirus, his primary care doctor confirmed on Friday.
The Democratic presidential nominee and his wife were tested earlier in the day after news of President Donald Trump’s infection was announced.
11:55 a.m. - First lady Melania says she is experiencing “mild symptoms” after she and President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19.
“Thank you for the love you are sending our way. I have mild symptoms but overall feeling good. I am looking forward to a speedy recovery,” she tweeted Friday morning.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said President Trump was also experiencing mild symptoms, but continues to work from the White House residence as he quarantines. The Trump's youngest child, Barron, 14, has tested negative for the virus.
9:40 a.m. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s praying for the president and hopes his testing positive for COVID-19 might be a “learning experience” about the virus.
9:30 a.m. - Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris wished the Trumps a “full and speedy recovery” after they contracted the COVID-19 virus.
Harris tweeted Friday that she and her husband, Doug Emhoff, are “keeping them and the entire Trump family in our thoughts.”
8:55 a.m. - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tweets he and his wife Jill “send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery” after they tested positive for the coronavirus.
"We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family.”
8:17 a.m. - Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence tested negative for COVID-19 Friday morning, hours after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with the coronavirus.
2:00 a.m. - Vice President Mike Pence tweets he and his wife, Karen, are sending their “love and prayers” to the president and first lady after they announced early Friday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus.
1:40 a.m. - President Trump’s White House doctor issues a statement saying the president will continue carrying out his duties “without disruption” after contracting the coronavirus.
1:27 a.m. - First Lady Melania tweets that the first couple are "feeling good."
1:25 a.m. - A memo from the president’s physician says that he and first lady “are both well at this time” and “plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.”
12:55 a.m. - President Trump tweets that he and the first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks came down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week.
Trump is 74 years old, putting him at higher risk of serious complications from a virus that has now killed more than 200,000 people nationwide.
Thursday, Oct. 1
10:53 p.m. - President Trump says he and first lady Melania are beginning a “quarantine process” as they await coronavirus test results.
10:05 p.m. - President Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump are awaiting their own test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19.
8:30 p.m. - Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, tests positive for the coronavirus.
Hicks, who serves as counselor to the president and traveled with him to a Wednesday rally, tested positive Thursday, according to an administration official. She is the closest aide to Trump to test positive so far.
Material from the Associated Press contributed to this report.