Trump improving, could be discharged as early as Monday: medical team
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Dr. Sean Conley, White House physician, speaks during a press conference outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. /Getty Images

Dr. Sean Conley, White House physician, speaks during a press conference outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. /Getty Images

U.S. President Donald Trump's condition is continuing to improve as he recovers from the coronavirus, his medical team said on Sunday.

The medical team added that Trump could be discharged to the White House as early as Monday.

"Since we spoke last, the president has continued to improve. As with any illness there are frequent ups and downs over the course, particularly, when a patient is being so closely watched 24 hours a day," Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's personal physician, said.

Conley pointed out that the President had experienced two episodes of blood-oxygen drops during his illness. He also said Trump has remained without fever since Friday morning and his vital signs were stable.

"Over the course of his illness, the President has experienced two episodes of transient drops in his oxygen saturation. We debated the reasons for this and whether we'd even intervene. As a determination of the team, based predominantly on the timeline from the initial diagnosis, that we initiate dexamethasone," Conley told reporters during a press briefing.

Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a specialist in pulmonary critical care, said Trump had received a second dose of remdesivir, an experimental drug, together with an initial dose of dexamethasone on Saturday and was not showing any side effects that they could tell.

Garibaldi and Conley said Trump will be able to continue his five-day course of remdesivir treatment and other relevant therapy at the White House, if things continued to progress well.

There previously had been an incident of conflicting reports of Trump's health after he tested positive for the coronavirus. While Conley made it look all well, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows later said officials were very concerned about his condition before he was hospitalized.

(With input from agencies)