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President on coronavirus: ‘I get it’

BETHESDA, Md. — Two days after being hospitalized with COVID-19, President Donald Trump declared, “I get it,” in a message to the nation Sunday before briefly leaving the hospital to salute supporters from a motorcade, a move that suggested the president would continue to disregard basic precautions to contain the virus that has killed more than 209,000 Americans. Hours earlier, Trump’s medical team reported that his blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days and that they gave him a steroid typically only recommended for the very sick. The doctors also said ...

Trump flown to military hospital

WASHINGTON — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospital Friday night after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White House. In a day of whipsaw events, the president, who has spent months ...

Local leaders react

U.S. Rep. John Joyce, R-13th District “Over six days ago, Congressman (John) Joyce rode on Air Force One and met briefly with the president. (On Friday,) out of an abundance of caution, Congressman Joyce was tested for COVID-19 by the Capitol’s Office of Attending Physician. Dr. Brian Patrick Monahan has informed Congressman Joyce that the results were negative. Congressman Joyce and his wife continue to keep President Trump and the first lady in their prayers and wish them both a speedy recovery.” — Emma Thomson, Joyce communications director Jim Foreman, chairman of the ...

Centre virus outbreak slowing

Centre County’s coronavirus outbreak shows signs of easing, based on the state Department of Health’s Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard, which is updated Fridays. Last week, the number of confirmed cases in the county for the previous seven days had risen by 27, compared with the week before, while this week, the number fell by 244, according to the dashboard. Last week, the incidence rate, or number of new positive cases for the prior seven days, was 350, while this week, it’s 59 fewer. The test positivity rate last week was 12%, while this week, it’s 2.6% ...

Cold weather brings new challenges

U.S. restaurants are moving warily into fall, hoping their slow recovery persists despite the new challenge of chilly weather and a pandemic that’s expected to claim even more lives. New York opens indoor dining on Wednesday, restricting capacity to 25%. San Francisco may do the same as ...

Trump’s age, health raise risk

President Donald Trump has several strikes against him — age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male — that could put him at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus infection he disclosed early Friday. Trump’s doctor said later in the day that he felt fatigued and that he had been given an experimental treatment aimed at staving off a severe case of COVID-19. Friday evening he was flown to a military hospital where he will spend a “few days.” Being there would allow for closer monitoring, such as if doctors decide they’d like scans of his lungs, ...