US President Donald Trump has posted a video in front of the White House insisting he feels “great”, less than a week after announcing he tested positive for COVID-19.
“Perhaps you recognise me, it’s your favourite President,” Mr Trump said before praising America’s doctors and nurses.
He said that when he was airlifted to hospital last week he “wasn’t feeling so hot”, but that quickly changed thanks a new type of treatment.
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He claimed an experimental antibody cocktail produced by biotech company Regeneron, that has rarely been administered outside clinical trials, was a “cure” for coronavirus.
“It was, like, unbelievable. I felt good immediately,” he said.
Mr Trump returned to the Oval Office barely three days after revealing in a tweet that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive and went on to characterise his infection as a “blessing from God”.
“This was a blessing in disguise. I caught it, I heard about this drug, I said let me take it, it was my suggestion. I said, let me take it.
“And it was incredible the way it worked, incredible. And I think if I didn’t catch it, we’d be looking at that like a number of other drugs.
“But it really did a fantastic job. I want to get for you what I got. I’m going to make it free, you’re not going to pay for it.”
Mr Trump, in promising all Americans would have free access to Regeneron, again laid responsibility for the virus squarely at the feet of China.
“It wasn’t your fault this happened,” he said. “It was China’s fault and China’s going to pay a big price for what they’ve done to this county.
“China’s going to pay a big price for what they’ve done to the world. This was China’s fault and just remember that.”
On Monday (local time) Sean Conley, the President’s physician, warned Mr Trump “may not be entirely out of the woods yet”.
Dr Conley has since advised COVID-19 antibodies detected earlier in the week weren’t detected on Wednesday.
Dr Conley, in a statement released with Mr Trump’s permission, said the president has been fever-free for more than four days and had not needed or received any supplemental oxygen since his initial hospitalisation.
More than 210,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
-with agencies
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