President Joe Biden tests for COVID for the second time in a month
President Joe Biden has tested positive for what is known as rebound COVID. The reported result of treating the virus with the drug Paxlovid.
President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time this month.
Presidential Physician Kevin O’Connor said in a statement on Saturday that Biden, 79, had contracted “the so-called COVID-positive’ bounce. An event that has been reported in several patients being treat with drugs against the virus. Paxlovid.
Aware of the potential risk of reinfection with COVID. Biden said Biden had increased the frequency of testing “both to protect those around him and to ensure early detection of the return of vital replication.”
The statement also noted that the president tested negative this week on Tuesday evening, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning. However, he later tested positive for the corona virus on Saturday morning.
“The president has had no recurrent symptoms and remains reasonably well,” O’Connor said in a statement.
The statement also said Biden would “continue strict isolation procedures. But, the doctor added, “As I said before, the President remains very diligent in protecting everyone from senior residents. The White House, the Secret Service, and other officials whose duties require close (despite social distancing) distance from him.”. “Biden tested positive for COVID-19 last Thursday morning after feeling ill the night before. As the oldest president in US history, his diagnosis comes with some doubts. Fortunately, Biden was double vaccinate and twice boost, and his symptoms were report to be mild from the start.
O’Connor quickly began treating Biden with Paxlovid, and after five full days of isolation. He was allow back into the world – with a mask on. O’Connor previously wrote to Biden’s team to update them on the president’s progress on Wednesday morning.
Doctors said Biden remained “fever-free” and should not take Tylenol for more than 36 hours. Adding, “His symptoms have continued to improve and have almost completely disappeared.”