President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday until he tested negative a second time White Continuing quarantine in house. his doctor said.
Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in the latest daily update that the president "out of caution" was following the "strict isolation measures" in place since his "rebound" infection. I am writing to abide by Detected on July 30, negative follow-up results are pending.
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Biden, 79, died three days after coming out of isolation from his first bout with COVID-19, his second He was reported on July 21 to have contracted the virus. Rare rebound cases reported among a few people like Biden were prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
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O'Connor wrote that Biden "continues to feel very good."
Biden's travel has been put on hold as he awaits negative test results. He plans to travel to Kentucky on Monday to see the devastating flood damage and meet with family.
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35}Biden says White House press secretary Karine Jean =Pierre said he was "doing well" when asked about his health as he turned up in Las Vegas on Saturday for a joint conference of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists. Hispanic Journalists Association. She told her to "tell people I work more than eight hours a day" when speaking to the president.
When he first contracted the virus, Biden The main symptoms were a runny nose, fatigue and a loose cough, doctors said at the time. During his rebound case, O'Connor said only Biden's cough had returned and by Friday he was "almost completely cured."
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Regulators are still studying the prevalence and pathogenicity of rebound cases, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned doctors in his May. He is reported to have developed within 8 days from 2 days after he first tested negative for the virus.
“The limited information currently available from case reports suggests that paxlovid-treated individuals who experienced a rebound of COVID-19 had milder disease. There are no reports of illness," the agency said at the time.
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