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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has taken the lead in COVID-19. He tested negative for -19 on Saturday, but his doctors said he will remain in isolation at the White House until he tests negative a second time.
Kevin O'Connor In his latest daily update, he wrote that the president will "take great care" and adhere to "strict quarantine measures." A rebound” infection was detected on July 30, pending negative follow-up results.
Biden, 79, has contracted the virus for the second time, three days after he came out of isolation from his first bout with COVID-19, reported on July 21. did. Minorities like Biden were prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
O'Connor wrote that Biden "continues to feel very good."
Biden's travel is on hold as he waits for negative test results It has been. He is scheduled to travel to Kentucky on Monday to review the devastating flood damage and meet with his family.
White House Press Secretary Carine Jean-Pierre said Saturday, When asked about his health when he showed up in Las Vegas at a joint National Association of Negroes conference, Biden said he was "doing well." Journalists and Hispanic Journalists National Association. She told her to "tell people I work more than eight hours a day" when speaking to the president. Symptoms were a runny nose, fatigue and a loose cough, doctors said at the time. O'Connor said in the rebound case, only Biden's cough recurred and by Friday he was "almost completely cured." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned doctors in May that it was reported to occur within two to eight days of first testing negative for the virus.
“The limited information currently available from case reports suggests that those who were treated with paxlovid who experienced a rebound of COVID-19 had milder disease. There are no reports," the agency said at the time.
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Her AP Her writer Darlene Superville of Las Vegas contributed to this report.
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