President Donald Trump leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after being hospitalized since Friday with COVID-19.
We will update this article throughout the day. You can follow all of USA TODAY's politics reporters on Twitter or subscribe to ourPresident DonTrump departed Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday night, ending his three-day stay at the hospital after his doctors said it was safe for him to return to the White House.
White House physician Sean Conley told reporters later that Trump would continue his treatment regimen at the White House, where he will receive"24/7 world-class medical care." The president will continue taking his five-day course of remdesivir, an antiviral drug, as well as the steroid dexamethasone.
Navy Commander and White House physician Dr. Sean Conley says Donald has"met or exceeded" all standard hospital discharge requirements for patients. Pulmonary physician Dr. Brian Garibaldi said the president received his third dose of the antiviral drug remdesivir and will have one more before leaving the hospital. He will receive his fifth and final dose at the White House. Garibaldi added that he continues on the steroid dexamethasone. He also received an experimental antibody cocktail Regeneron, which is still in trials, before he left for the hospital Friday.
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