Chris Christie Checks Himself Into Hospital as Precautionary Measure After Contracting Covid-19 (UPDATED)

Sarah RumpfOct 3rd, 2020, 6:05 pm
 

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CNN is reporting that former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) has checked himself into the hospital as a precautionary measure after he tested positive for Covid-19 earlier on Saturday.

Dana Bash told host Wolf Blitzer that she had just spoken with Christie on the phone, and he confirmed the news. According to Bash, Christie told her that he was feeling well enough to drive himself to the hospital, but due to health concerns regarding his weight and history of asthma, his doctors had recommended that he go to the hospital for observation.

“He called me from the hospital,” said Bash. “He sounds fine,” adding that Christie told her he was “definitely feeling achy, has a slight fever, but is under the care of doctors in and around him, obviously, at the hospital.”

Bash also said that Christie had begun “a treatment course of remdesivir, which as we know from covering this for many months, is usually given to patients who have a lot of trouble breathing. As I said, so far, that hasn’t happened. But because of his history with asthma, his doctors decided to get him on that treatment course right away.”

President Donald Trump, who has been admitted to Walter Reed Hospital, is also taking remdesivir, in addition to an experimental antibody cocktail by regeneron.

Blitzer ended the segment wishing Christie well and a “speedy, speedy recovery.”

Christie confirmed the news on his Twitter account, posting that he was “feeling good” and had only “mild symptoms.”

Watch the video above, via CNN.

This is a breaking story and has been updated. 

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