President Trump leaves Walter Reed Hospital

President Trump, some minutes ago, disclosed he will be leaving the hospital at 6:30 Eastern Standard Time (12:30 am GMT on Tuesday).

He tweeted,

“I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of COVID. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”

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I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020

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Trump was back for work on Monday after a three-night hospital stay for treatment for COVID-19 and said he felt “really good”.

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MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2% to a two-week high. Japan’s Nikkei (N225) rose 0.4%. South Korea’s Kospi (KS11) rose 0.6% and futures point to a positive open in Hong Kong (HSIc1).