Dr. Sean Conley is giving an update on the president's health.
"This morning the president is doing very well," Conley says.
Bringing the president to Walter Reed hospital was a "precautionary measure," Conley says.
"At this time the team and I are extremely happy with the progress the president has made." Trump's cough and congestion are improving, Conley says.
"We are monitoring him very closely for complications" from COVID-19 or the treatments, doctor says. The president said: "I feel like I could walk out of here today."
Trump had his first remdesivir dose yesterday and will receive those treatments for five days, doctor says.
Trump has been fever-free for 24 hours, doctors report.
Dr. Conley says Trump is not receiving oxygen this morning but would not confirm that he hasn't had any oxygen. He was asked that question twice.
Will he need oxygen going forward, reporter asks. Conley says the hope is that he does not. He would not quantify the odds of Trump needing oxygen.
Conley won't say what the president's fever was when he had one.
The PPE protocol for Trump visitors is the same as any other hospital, Dr. Conley says. "We're protecting ourselves and him."
"Yesterday and today he has not been on oxygen," Dr. Conley says. He again won't confirm that Trump has not had any oxygen at any point.
How the president was infected is "irrelevant" to his care, Dr. Conley says.
Trump's heart rate is in the 70s-80s and his blood pressure is where it's "historically been," Dr. Conley says.
Why was he brought to Walter Reed?, reporter asks. "Because he's the president," Dr. Conley says.
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