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Donald Trump (on Monday): "I call it a cure"
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The corona virus is still rampant in the White House, and numerous people close to the president are infected.
Donald Trump himself recently returned to the Oval Office - and immediately had a promise ready for his compatriots: According to him, they should receive the same treatment with antibody agents as he received.
Trump said he would soon sign an extraordinary permit for the rapid use of the drugs, in a video published on Wednesday.
Last week, the US president was treated with a still experimental drug from the biotech company Regeneron.
Afterwards, he felt "great" within 24 hours, enthused Trump.
"I want you to get what I got - and I'll do it for free."
There are "hundreds of thousands of doses" of it.
However, the actual implementation of this promise is likely to be problematic.
Among other things, it is unclear whether and how the approval process for such new drugs can be accelerated.
Trump had tested positive for the novel corona virus last week.
On Monday he returned to the White House after a three-day stay at Walter Reed Military Hospital.
It was "God's blessing" that he was sick with Covid-19, said the US President in the video.
This made him aware of the antibody treatment.
"I call it a cure," said Trump, who in addition to medicines that were not available to ordinary citizens, also had several top doctors available around the clock.
In the United States, more than 211,000 people have died after a coronavirus infection.
According to his doctor, the values of the president are normal
Trump has been symptom-free for 24 hours, according to his doctor, and has resumed work in the Oval Office.
The president has not had a fever for four days, his personal physician Sean Conley said on Wednesday.
According to Trump's spokesman Brian Morgenstern, the president went back to his workplace six days after he became aware of his illness and was informed about current issues there.
"I feel great," said the president, according to personal physician Conley, in the morning.
The breathing rate and oxygen saturation of the president are in the normal range and are stable, as the personal doctor announced at a short press conference on Trump's condition.
Trump's behavior is viewed critically by experts, also because the number of corona infections is increasing among White House employees.
The president, however, had promised his supporters to return to the election campaign shortly and to take part in the second presidential debate against Democrat Joe Biden on October 15 in Miami.
Trump is clearly behind in the polls
The president is faced with poor poll results in the run-up to the November 3rd election.
The TV broadcaster CNN, for example, gives Trump's opponent a clear lead of 57 percent for Biden to 41 percent for the Republican incumbent.
Trump's handling of the pandemic is made partly responsible for the devastating development in the USA.
The right-wing populist has downplayed the danger posed by the virus for months and repeatedly caused confusion with misleading statements.
Trump also almost never wore a protective mask and repeatedly made fun of mask wearers.
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