US President Donald Trump's physician says he is experiencing "no symptoms" of COVID-19 after
His physician, Dr Sean Conley, said in a new memo released by the White House that the president's medical team met with him in the residence on Tuesday morning.
He said that Mr Trump had a "restful first night at home" and that his vital signs remain stable, including his blood oxygen level.
The doctor did not provide any details on what medications the president is currently taking, including whether he has been administered additional steroids.
But he says, "Overall, he continued to do extremely well".
It comes as Mr Trump's senior adviser and speechwriter Stephen Miller becomes the latest person in the president's orbit to test positive for the coronavirus.
Mr Miller is an architect of Mr Trump's 'America First' foreign policy and restrictive immigration measures.
His wife, Katie Miller, who serves as communications director to Vice President Mike Pence, previously had the virus and tested negative after the last time she saw him.
Ms Miller found out about her husband's diagnosis as she was in Salt Lake City helping Mr Pence prepare to debate Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Stephen Miller at the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 27 July 2020 Source: AP
Meanwhile, General Mark Milley, a top military adviser and chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, has tested negative for COVID-19 but is self-quarantining after contact with an infected Coast Guard officer.
"The chairman, the vice chairman and all the service chiefs tested negative," a defence official said.
The Pentagon said a number of senior US military officers were self-quarantining after attending meetings last week with the Coast Guard's vice commandant, Admiral Charles Ray.
"We are aware that Vice Commandant Ray has tested positive for Covid-19 and that he was at the Pentagon last week for meetings with other senior military leaders," said Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. "Some meeting attendees included other service chiefs."
"Out of an abundance of caution, all potential close contacts from these meetings are self-quarantining," Mr Hoffman said. "No Pentagon contacts have exhibited symptoms and we have no additional positive tests to report at this time."
Additional reporting by AFP.
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