On October 2, 2020, then US President, Donald Trump announced via an early-morning tweet that he and the First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. This development came just a few days after a White House event and his first debate with Democratic candidate at that time, Joe Biden.
Speculations and uncertainty about Trump's health began when his advisor, Hope Hicks, tested positive. Despite initial efforts to downplay his condition, Trump's health worsened, with dangerously low blood oxygen levels. At 74 and medically obese, he was at high risk and needed to be more careful with his heath.
Later that day, Trump was flown to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he received experimental monoclonal antibodies, Remdesivir, and steroids. He remained hospitalised through the weekend but returned to the White House three days later.
Other key events on this day
1. Chinese plane exploded, about 100 died - 1990
2. League of Nations approved protocols of Geneva - 1924
3. Hollywood icon, Rock Hudson, died of AIDS - 1985
4. US President, Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke - 1919
5. A prison riot in Carandiru in Brazil, led to the killing of over 100 inmates by the police - 1992
6. Guinea declared its independence from France - 1958
7. USSR recognised People's Republic of China - 1949
8. Pope John Paul II visited New York City, and at the U.N. denounced all concentration camps and torture centres - 1979
9. US President, Dwight D. Eisenhower sent congratulatory message to Nigeria on its independence - 1960.
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