This have on the president ial campaign. U. S. President donald trump says he will leave hospital within hours and despite the u. S. Death toll from the coronavirus now almost reaching 210000 people he has are just americans not to be afraid of covert 19 tweeting from hospital in the past 90 minutes trump said he would be leaving Walter Reed Medical Center at 2230 g. M. T. On monday thats in about. 2 and a half hours he encouraged people to not let the virus dominate their lives saying the country has really great drugs and knowledge and that he felt better than he did 20 years ago. Over the past 24 hours the president has continued to improve hes met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge great area to receive another dose of him does appear here today and then we plan to get him home its been more than 72 hours since his last fever oxygen Levels Clothing able to research rationed and as were breathing or all normal. Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet the team and i agree that all are evaluations and most importantly is clinical status support the president safe return home where hell be surrounded by world class medical care 247. Meanwhile the list of white house officials testing positive for covert 1000. 00 is growing rapidly press secretary caylee mcenaney is the latest prominent west wing figure to be diagnosed with the virus at least 2 other communications aides plus other mid level staffers have also tested positive mcenaney says shes experiencing no symptoms she is among several Staff Members who say they havent been told about the dayak no diagnosis of trump 8 hope hicks who was also working out of the west wing former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie says no Staff Members one masks or social distanced during preparations for last tuesdays president ial debate christie is in hospital after also testing positive for corona virus and u. S. Attorney general william barr is self isolating despite testing negative for the virus 4 times since friday he attended a potential super spreader event at the white house last week lets go live now to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett who is outside the walter reed Military Hospital in bethesda and of course we just had a picture there painted of whats going on in the white house many people testing positive presumably many more self isolating right now but that is the context into which the president will drive back to or go back to in about 2 and a half hours. Yeah and the outbreaks continuing since we had whats now known as a super spreader event more than a week ago at the white house it was the nomination for the Supreme Court of amy how many barrett by the u. S. President since then there have been senators that have tested positive the former adviser to the president Kellyanne Conway testing positive you mentioned Chris Christie there and now the latest of course in terms of high profile members of the president s inner circle including the White House Press secretary now notable is the fact that the president s children have not yet tested positive but we do know that his wife 1st lady malani a trump did in fact also test positive at the same time as the president getting the news to the public on friday now lonnie a trump has been recuperating at the white house we are told this is where the president now will join her in about 2 hours time when he leaves the because the Medical Center here to return to washington d. C. Which is about a 30 minute drive from where im standing what we know is that the president will have around the clock care he will be. Being checked on by not only nurses but physicians who are of the 1st and will be watching him closely because what we know according to the press conference given by his physician dr sean conley is in fact that the president is not out of the woods yet in fact his exact words were if he can get through monday continuing his therapies 2 then they will breathe a sigh of relief so that means the president is likely not leaving the white house for some time and this is a president we know is anxious to do so given the fact that were in the midst of a campaign that is going to put him back just a little more than 3 weeks until election day where there is precious time this is a tight race we know that his rival joe biden the democratic president ial nominee is campaigning as we speak in key battleground states including florida well the president is having to stay. Put knowing that he not only has his own health at risk but as you mentioned those potential for the outbreak to spread even further the fact there are already been increasing numbers of positive cases inside the white house the inner circle as well as the staff its not clear when the president will no longer put others at risk well we did hear from the physicians that it could be another 5 days it could be potentially 10 days the problem is is that we have been told when the president 1st tested positive and when he last tested negative that was a question repeatedly asked by reporters and yet we have not been given an answer so its very hard to pin down when we could see the president on the campaign trail again and so assuming that i mean earth the earliest they possibly could be monday according to what the doctor said even thats pretty optimistic what impact is it likely to have on the campaign i mean you know we can bet that the president will start tweeting again pretty soon but the fact that he wouldnt actually be able to go into a lot of the battlefield states what impact. Will we see very Different Campaign styles from both joe biden and donald trump tom charges held these large public rallies where theres been very little social distancing very little mouse squaring and now weve seen the result of some of that behavior a wide scale outbreak in contrasts we know that joe biden continues to test negative despite meeting up with donald trump less than a week ago for the 1st president ial debate we do know the president has watch whats called operation mega or make America Great again where he has his campaign continuing in his absence weve seen him releasing videos weve also seen him tweeting quite vigorously and he certainly has his surrogates out campaigning on his behalf but the challenge is that people want to see the president those that support him want to hear from him directly this is going to present a challenge for the president even as joe biden continues to step. Up his campaigning something that has been somewhat cautious up to this point so watching very carefully to see how the president handles all of this certainly he is going to make use of social media as he has from the beginning but theres no question this is not the style of campaign that this president would like to wage in certainly it is going to be an abbreviated one for at least a week. Kimberly the coronavirus was always being was always going to be one of the key issues if not the key issue about this campaign how do you think the dynamic changes now that the president has actually contracted the virus. Well we already are starting to see some signals of how thats going to play out on the campaign trail and you heard it and you read it in Donald Trumps tweet about dont be afraid of cope with 19 dont let it dominate your life i believe is the word that the president used dominate im number one very easy to say when you have very Good Health Care and can get early treatment that is state of the art and world class not every american has that opportunity or luxury number 2 what i think were already starting to see the president characterize this as a battle that he believes he has for the so far at least beat and so what hes going to portray is himself as a strong leader who confronted de jure head on and beat it in contrast to joe biden which he has repeatedly said is afraid of covert 19 has been hiding in his basement these are the kinds of talking points we expect to hear from republicans as well as the president as he tries to show himself as a leader as a strong. Victor in a merger of a crisis one that potentially could still claim his life whether or not thats going to work with the American People is unclear so far we know that many people feel the president has been somewhat reckless we also know that many people have been criticizing his handling of covert 900 so much so that it has cost him in the polls. So it remains to be seen how this will be received by the American Public and i think thats why the president is making such a show and spectacle as he often does of his departure from the thirsty Medical Center behind me the fact that this president is a reality t. V. Show president this is a t. V. Moment that he is producing its very clear we heard this from his physicians that he was Holding Court was the term his physician used to describe his consultation with doctors its clear that he wants to not only get the information out that he has recovered but also that he can give the optics and the image and the branding that is characteristic of dumb trumps presidency absent the Kimberley Halkett with the latest from outside the walter reed Military Hospital in bethesda can really thank you more about all of this with dr eric if i go being any p. T. Mala just in senior fellow at the federation of american scientists a sort of thank you for joining us here on aljazeera now just about an hour ago we heard from the medical team as you know they told us that the president hasnt had a fever in 72 hours is all levels are normal normal hes going to get his 5th dose over and theres a fear on tuesday at home at the white house in light of all of that do you think they were right to discharge him. Well i think even if hes fully recovered that this illness has a seesaw unpredictable that its fine today shortness of breath tomorrow and destruction to the white house is not really going home like the rest of us go home white house is a full surgical suite and of course theyll be a full kataria of doctors on standby but im glad hes doing better but again theres also a long term effects such as brain can t. What brain fog and many other chronic conditions that come from this so well have to see but i dont think hes entirely out of the woods yet this is a very unpredictable the i mean if there is even a doctor is his own doctor said that he was an ad of the woods but he could go well home as they called it and you just point out its not a normal home what did you make then of what the doctors say its a do you think it has been painted to make it seem i guess perhaps a more damaging that it might have been to the president well theres a saying in d. C. If if someones awake theyre there how bright spirits are if theyre unconscious theyre resting peacefully its theres always going to be a little spend here we dont really know the details of but even the number of oxygen dips that he had its still very big how low and actually went but in terms of this drug hes using dex about the zone its its a pretty severe drug in terms of its only reserved for severe critical patients not for mild because it actually slows down actually slows our immune system increases the virus prep location so we have to really see he is definitely not out of the woods anything could still happen. When we see it how quickly the virus seems to spread not just of the president but several aides at the white house i mean its obvious that certain things like this sensing or Wearing Masks or washing hands or sanitizer obviously not being implemented as they should be in light of all of that what do you think should be put in place when campaigning starts again or do you think ultimately for a president that we still dont know when he will test negative i mean it could be a while do you think that campaigning might just not be possible but personally i think you shouldnt campaign for quite a while we know that someone and he fictious on average 10 days after they develop symptoms and for someone older it might actually be a little bit longer they are having a much more severe disease so going up to the trunk testing little wall is no its a very porous fence we know that someone can be eased into magic carriers not test positive but still be infectious i think they need they would be needed as is actually more like a multiplayer castle strategy where not just a moat and drawbridge but also our well you know wall except for a team or a mask wearing for sure ventilation its in actually its really the aerosol transmit series see just today of knowledge aerosol transmission airborne transmission is a potential he ran out not just the surface contacts and that is really hard you need masks and potentially premium masks for everyone and thats why you should probably do rallies with the gatherings any time soon but when it comes to you know normal people i guess when would they be allowed people have contracted covert 19 when would they be allowed to associate with people again would it only be after an negative test. Yes so the tests are interesting or p. C. R. Tests could actually test positive for a long time even after you stop being factious because the p. C. R. Test picks 00 our name byrons fragments even after the virus has been defeated i would say in general someone is 10 days after symptoms but this is again an average just means half the people are potentially factious for longer so i would you know say at least 2 like 20 days or more some countries say as long as 2 negative consecutive tests but that actually could take a long time some people dont test double negative consecutively for you know 34 weeks so its really hard to say this is why its really important to isolate him for much longer than just attending and dr if i go again just one last quick question the president said dont be afraid of kovi had in a tweet 20 make that statement well its very convenient for him when he has all the best medical health care and unavailable treatments that the rest of the americans in the world dont have so and again its not just deaths we know theres 210000 deaths in the u. S. But theres also studies and shows how to potentially records that people have long term illnesses brain fatigue brain fog in terms of early dementia as well as cons izzys it is not just oh you feel better and thats it we can not get people infected dont try to go and get infected yourself or chase herd immunity and i think thats why his you know his statements are dont be afraid is very misleading for the rest of the world that to eric feigele being a p. D. Im all the just and senior fellow of the federation of american scientists sir thank you for sharing your reaction to those developments with us thank you. Well as the u. S. President has been hospital u. S. Democratic nominee joe biden is campaigning in Miami Florida lets go live to Andy Gallagher now and the florida as always a key state when it comes to the election whats joe biden been saying about the trump situation well joe biden the former Vice President is essentially taking the high road here is obviously getting asked questions about trumps behavior trumps medical condition and the coming president ial debate here in a few days time and hes essentially saying look let the scientists let the doctors decide i dont know enough to make any comments and i think that is a very deliberate thing on behalf of the Biden Campaign of course joe and joe biden have wished president john paul the best in his recovery but this is a deliberate strategy i think joe biden is here in miami focused on getting the haitian vote and getting the hispanic vote here both very important to his campaign in what is a very important state but when it comes to President Trump he is reiterating that science should be the Guiding Light in any decisions anyone makes that gets coded 19 i think you wont hear anything different from the former Vice President joe biden when it comes to president not even commenting on president potentially returning to the white house or president champ taking that ride in a cavalcade to wave of his supporters he is essential saying we need to listen to doctors we need to follow science well speaking of science and they weve just had confirmation that the number of dead in the United States from covert 1000 is officially past 210000 people in the u. S. A nation that perhaps was a bit more resistant than others in doing things like for example Wearing Masks or locking down you live there every you noticed a change in the past few months or weeks in the way that people perhaps try to protect themselves when it comes to both the rising numbers and perhaps also the fact that President Trump himself got made. I mean i cant say all i can tell you is that i had covert 19 back in july i was pretty much out of it for about 2 or 3 weeks but i think like Everything Else in this country the wiring of masks has become a politicized thing we still havent so weve only just begin to see president now where he wont one sees actually contract to the disease himself but here in Miami Dade County this is one of the worst hit counties in the entire state people are still being very careful but you still also really trying to embrace that balance between getting on with life running your business keeping your job and not catching covert 19 of course were seeing in many states now the cases are once again rising again so people are extremely afraid especially as were coming into the colder months people go indoors thats where the disease spreads even faster but as to the effect on particularly i think Trump Supporters now that the president has it will have to wait and see how they react of course many of them have said they think its a hoax the president himself has said that to no