Trump ‘given oxygen before admission to hospital’

President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he leaves the White House to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre (Alex Brandon/AP)

US President Donald Trump was administered supplemental oxygen at the White House hours after being diagnosed with Covid-19 and before being flown to a military hospital, according to a source.

A person familiar with Mr Trump’s condition told the Associated Press that he was given oxygen at the White House, after the president’s doctor sidestepped the question at a press briefing on Saturday.