U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022.
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Chairperson Joe Biden On Saturday, his doctor said he tested positive for Covid-19 again after days of repeatedly testing negative for the virus.
Biden, 79, has no new symptoms and “continues to feel quite well,” Dr Kevin O’Connor said in a statement. Remember board shared by the White House.
But he will “restart strict isolation procedures,” the president’s doctor wrote.
Biden, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, tweeted Saturday afternoon that he has no symptoms but will be in isolation “for everyone’s safety” around me.”
“I’m still working and will be back on the road soon,” the president tweeted.
O’Connor was previous warning potential for a “recovery” in a positive test resulta phenomenon among a small percentage of patients who, like Biden, were taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid as part of their treatment.
Accordingly, Biden has “raised the pace of his testing, both to protect those around him and to ensure the early detection of any virus replication,” O’Connor wrote in the new memo. published on Saturday afternoon.
The President tested negative for Covid on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but tested positive on Saturday morning from an antigen test. “This actually represents a ‘recovery’ positivity,” the doctor wrote.
Biden’s age puts him at higher risk of severe illness from Covid. People over 65 accounted for more than 81% of virus deaths, which killed more 1 million people in the US alone, follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
President tested positive for Covid for the first time on July 21. Mr O’Connor said at the time he felt “mild symptoms” including a dry cough, runny nose and fatigue. Biden started working in isolation but back to the Oval Office five days later after testing negative for Covid twice in a 24-hour period.
“The President has had no recurrence of symptoms and continues to feel quite well,” O’Connor wrote in Saturday’s memo following Biden’s recovery test. “This being the case, there is no reason to restart treatment at this time, but we will obviously continue to monitor it closely.”
“However, with a positive antigen test result, he will restart strict isolation procedures. As I have said before, the President continues to be extremely dedicated to protecting any resident. law enforcement residence, the White House, the Secret Service, and other personnel tasked with asking O’Connor to write.
