The US President says he is in great shape and will not be a transmission risk to others as he returns to holding big rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House.
US President Donald Trump says doctors have found he no longer has COVID-19 and he would not be a transmission risk to others as he returns to holding big rallies during the final weeks of the race for the White House.Some medical experts have been sceptical that Mr Trump has been cleared as a transmission risk so close to the date of his diagnosis
"I passed the highest test, the highest standards, and I'm in great shape," Mr Trump, who spent three days in the hospital after revealing he had tested positive on October 2, said on Fox News Channel on Sunday."I beat this crazy, horrible China virus," he said, adding "it seems like I'm immune". In a memo released on Saturday night by the White House, Dr Sean Conley said Mr Trump met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for safely discontinuing isolation.
Some medical experts had been sceptical Mr Trump could have been declared free of the risk of transmitting the virus so early in the course of his illness.Just 10 days since an initial diagnosis of infection, there was no way to know for certain that someone was no longer contagious, they said.
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