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President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on October 5, 2020, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
President Donald Trump’s vital signs all remain “stable and in a normal range,” Dr. Sean Conley said Wednesday.
In a brief summary released by the White House, Conley, Trump’s physician said the president has been fever-free for more than 4 days, symptom free for over 24 hours and hasn’t needed any supplemental oxygen since he was in the hospital.
Conley said Wednesday that Trump had developed IgG antibodies that he did not have last Thursday.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who have been infected with COVID-19 usually develop IgG and then IgM antibodies, and the detection of antibodies can occur within a week of symptoms in some people.
Though antibodies are thought to convey protection against future infections with the coronavirus, it is not yet clear whether that is true or how long protection may last.
Medical experts raised questions about whether Trump’s IgG antibodies are naturally occurring or if they are a result of the experimental antibody-based treatment he received last week.
A spokesperson for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., which provided the therapy on a compassionate use basis, said in a statement that “given the volume of IgG antibodies delivered in our therapy, and the timing of these tests, it is likely that the second test is detecting REGN-COV2 antibodies.”
Trump remains out of sight at the White House, limiting himself to communicating via Twitter.
Trump said he tested positive for COVID-19 last Thursday. White House officials have not said when the president last tested negative. That makes it hard to determine when it might be safe for him to return to the election campaign.
His Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, has said there shouldn’t be a second debate if Trump still has Covid-19. The next presidential election debate is set for Oct. 15 in Miami.
