10/07/2020 - 17:45
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US President Donald Trump
returned to the Oval Room
despite not having passed his quarantine for suffering from COVID-19 and the fact that that office is located in the narrow West Wing, where dozens of people work.
Trump went to the Oval Room Wednesday afternoon
for his advisers to update him on the economy
and the Category 2 hurricane Delta, which is heading for the southern coast of the United States, a spokesman for the White House, Brian Morgenstern.
"I have just been briefed on Hurricane Delta, and I have spoken with Governors of Texas (Greg Abbott) and Louisiana Governors John Bel Edwards. Please
follow the directions of your state and local leaders
," Trump tweeted shortly after.
The White House was preparing the Oval Room for Trump to return to work there despite a warning from his doctors that he is still
not out
of the woods after his COVID-19 diagnosis.
A view of the Oval Room in the White House.
Photo EFE
Trump has been working from the presidential residence, located on the second floor of the mansion, but has been pushing to return to the West Wing, adjacent to the main building and where the Oval Room is located, acknowledged the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
"Right now, his agenda is not clear. We are evaluating his prognosis from a health point of view. Yesterday he wanted to go to the Oval Office. If he decides to go (today) to the Oval,
we have security protocols there
, not just personal protective equipment. But in terms of ventilation, "Meadows told reporters at the White House.
The president, who according to his doctor was
no longer showing symptoms
of COVID-19 but has been under a complex regimen of drugs to treat the disease, pushed Tuesday to return to the Oval Office and even give a televised speech that same night, but his advisers convinced him not to.
Many contagions
According to
The Washington Post
, his team did not see clear that Trump could safely return to the Oval Office, located at the end of a
not very spacious
West Wing
, where dozens of his advisers and journalists who cover the president work in a space very small.
At least nine White House employees have tested positive
for COVID-19 in recent days, the most recent of them Trump's immigration adviser Stephen Miller;
and the outbreak has affected four press office officials - including the president's spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany - and three journalists.
On Monday, when Trump returned from the military hospital after a three-day stay, the White House management office sent an email to senior staff, who often interact with the president,
with instructions on how to protect themselves.
The message, obtained by the Post, instructs those advisers to "limit any traffic on the first floor of the West Wing and through the residence," and if they visit the second floor of the mansion, where Trump is located, they should wear protective equipment.
which include a yellow gown
, surgical mask, glasses and gloves.
However, the White House has not changed its guideline on the use of masks and
does not require wearing them
, but sources consulted by the Post say that almost all employees have worn them in recent days, including Trump's son-in-law and adviser , Jared Kushner, who normally doesn't wear it.
Meadows said Wednesday that Trump, who has tweeted frequently in recent hours, "is in very good health," and that his team
"is pleased with his progress"
in overcoming the disease.
However, Trump is not yet outside the period in which, according to the medical consensus, COVID-19 patients are most vulnerable;
a period that lasts between seven and ten days after the first symptoms are registered, something that in the case of the president supposedly happened last Thursday.
Source: EFE
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