Next few hours crucial for Donald Trump's health: Report

United States President Donald Trump was admitted to a military hospital after testing positive for covid-19 infection on Friday. According to a Trump administration's chief of staff, next two days will play a crucial role in his fight against the novel coronavirus.

“The President’s vitals over last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We are still not on a clear path to a full recovery,” the source told White House pool reporters post the briefing from his doctor.

The statement was in contrast to Trump's physician, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Cloney, who had earlier denied that the president received supplemental oxygen at the White House beore he was shifted to hospital for treatment.

The White House, meanwhile, scrambled to justify Trump's covid timeline on Saturday, which got confusing after his doctor Sean Conley told reporters that the president was diagnosed "72 hours" ago.

If we consider Conley's statement, it means Trump was diagnosed for the virus on Wednesday morning.

But the news of the President contracting the disease was announced on Thursday via tweet.

On Wednesday, while briefing about Trump's health, Coney had said that he's "doing very well"," not on supplemental oxygen right now" and hasn't shown any other symptoms of the disease for the last 24-hours.

The contrasting statements from people close to the matter have raised questions on White House credibiltiy at a time of crisis.

With President's health in line and elections approaching, the need of the hour is to clarify the timeline.

Trump joined 7.3 million people in the United States who have tested positive for the covid-19 virus. The President is 74 and it has been proven that older adults are more vulnerable to the disease/

Amid all this, his campaign for the presidential election is at a standstill. The campaign events for Friday and next few days were cancelled, Trump's Campaign Senior Adviser Corey Lewandowski told CBS News.

Trump has a debate scheduled for October 15 with his Democratic challengers Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, Biden, who was in a socially distanced debate with Trump on Tuesday, tested negative for the virus.