New Delhi, April 7 -- Speculation around the health of US President Donald Trump intensified over the weekend after a brief public absence triggered unverified claims that he had been admitted to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The claims spread rapidly across social media, prompting a swift response from the White House. Officials dismissed the reports, calling them "conspiracy theories" and asserting that Trump had remained at work throughout the Easter weekend.

"There has never been a President who has worked harder for the American people than President Trump," White House communications director Steven Cheung said, adding that he had been working continuously from the White House and Oval Office.

The Walter Reed ...