President Donald Trump’s doctors gave an update on his condition today from Walter Reed Medical Center.  According to his primary physician, Dr. Sean Conley, President Trump tested positive for COVID-19 72 hours ago.    That would place his positive test on Wednesday morning Hawaii time.  The President announced that he has COVID-19 via tweet on Friday morning at 1 a.m. Eastern time, Thursday evening at 7 p.m. HST.

President Trump was admitted to Walter Reed on Friday morning.  Dr. Conley said he is getting state-of-the-art monitoring and care as needed.  He said the medical team is extremely happy with the President’s progress.

He also said the First Lady, Melania Trump, who also has COVID-19, is recuperating at the White House and doing well.

Pres. Trump is being supported by a large medical team that includes pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, infectious disease specialists, nurses, a pharmacist, and more.

The doctors said that Pres. Trump, while still at the White House, was given an injection of a monoclonal antibodies, an experimental therapy, with close consultation with the drug maker Regeneron.  For more about the treatment from Science Magazine, click here.

Trump’s medical team reported that once admitted to Walter Reed Hospital, he was put on a 5-day course of Remdesivir, which is known to shorten the hospital stay requirements for COVID patients.  His doctors said they started the Remdesivir sooner than usual, in order to try to get the President back in good health.  Remdesivir is now being widely used, including here in the state at Queen’s Medical Center and at Hilo Medical Center for COVID-19 patients.  Queen’s CEO Dr. Jill Hoggard Green said Remdesivir is literally keeping patients alive who might have succumbed to complications from COVID-19.

Trump’s doctors said he is not at this time on oxygen, and that his blood oxygen saturation is 96%, his heart rate is in the 70s and 80s, and his blood pressure is good and stable, with the systolic number (the higher number) between 110 and 120.  They said he’s having ultrasounds regularly and that his symptoms have included cough, fever, and fatigue.  The doctors also said the critical period for COVID-19 patients is usually 7 to 10 days into the course of the disease and they will continue to monitor the President closely.

They said the President has asked about taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug that has been determined to have no positive benefit for COVID-19 patients, and the doctors are not using it in his treatment.  Trump said in May he was taking the drug to prevent COVID-19.

Photo is a screen shot of President Trump’s doctors giving a briefing at Walter Reed Medical Center Saturday.