Joe Biden.Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty
President Bidenhas tested positive forCOVID-19for the second time this month.
Knowing the risk of potentially getting COVID once more, the statement said that Biden had increased his testing frequency, “both to protect people around him and to assure early detection of any return of vital replication.”
The statement also noted that the president tested negative this week on Tuesday evening, as well as on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning. He later tested positive for the virus on Saturday morning.
The statement also said that Biden will “reinitiate strict isolation procedures.” The doctor added, “As I’ve stated previously, the President continues to be very specifically conscientious to protect any of the Executive Resident, White House, Secret Service and and other staff whose duties require any (albeit socially distance) proximity to him.”
Bidentested positive for COVID-19 last Thursday morningafter feeling under the weather the night before. As the oldest president in U.S. history, his diagnosis came with some concern. Fortunately Biden was double-vaccinated and twice boosted, and his symptoms werereported as mildfrom the beginning.
O’Connor quickly begantreating Biden with Paxlovid, and after five full days of isolating, he was cleared to re-enter the world — with a mask.
Joe Biden, wearing a protective face mask, addressed reporters on Tuesday in his hometown Wilmington, Delaware.Patrick Semansky/AP/Shutterstock
The doctor said that Biden remained “fever-free” and didn’t need to take Tylenol for more than 36 hours, adding: “His symptoms have been steadily improving, and are almost completely resolved.”
Throughout Biden’s illness, O’Connor provided daily progress reports on the president’s health, noting throughout that his lungs remained clear and vitals normal, aside from a slightly elevated temperature early on. As of Tuesday, Biden’s symptoms had dissolved enough for him to resume his exercise routine.
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For 10 days, Biden was planning to continue wearing a “well-fitting” mask any time he is around other people. Now that he has contracted rebound COVID, he has restarted isolation procedures.
source: people.com
