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The 46th President of the United State, Joe Biden, 79, is in isolation and has experienced no renaissance of symptoms in his rebound COVID-19 case, says the White House.
Biden initially tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21.
He continued to test positive for COVID-19 Tuesday but is feeling “well,” according to a memo from Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician.
“The President continues to feel well, though he is experiencing a bit of a return of a loose cough. He remains fever-free and in good spirits. His temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain entirely normal. His lungs are clear,” O’Connor wrote.
O’Connor added that Biden “will continue his strict isolation measures” and “will continue to conduct the business of the American people from the Executive Residence.”
Biden tested negative for COVID twice last week, but tested positive again on Saturday in what O’Connor described as a ‘rebound’ case seen in a small percentage of patients who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
It scuppered the president’s plans for a weekend back in Delaware; but he was able to make a video appearance on Monday, announcing that the U.S. had killed Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at the weekend.
In his letter, O’Connor said the president would continue his strict isolation.
The letter reads: “He will continue to conduct the business of the American people from the executive residence. As I have stated previously, the president continues to be very specifically conscientious to protect any of the executive residences, White House, Secret Service and other staff whose duties require any (albeit socially distanced) proximity to him.”
A day earlier, the White House said the president continues to have mild ‘lingering symptoms.’
His symptoms at the time were said to have included a runny nose, cough, sore throat, a slight fever and body aches.
TheNewsGuru.com recalls that Biden was treated with Paxlovid and tested negative last Wednesday before emerging from isolation.
High-risk patients still face drastically diminished risks of hospitalization after taking Paxlovid.
O’Connor’s memo Tuesday marked the first time he noted a reemergence of symptoms from the rebound case.
Biden had six close contacts before testing positive for COVID for a second time, though White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday none has tested positive.
It remains unclear for how long Biden will be able to leave the White House for a number of planned trips.
Jean-Pierre noted Monday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet released any guidance regarding travel after a rebound infection.
According to the Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, “No reoccurring symptoms – meaning like, if you look at [O’Connor’s] original letter, there’s nothing. There’s nothing severe right? Because he feels fine. He feels he feels good.
“But as we know, all of us have had COVID, we do have a little bit of a lingering cough, a little bit of maybe a lingering sniffle. That’s not uncommon to happen, so that’s what we are talking about,’ she said, without specifying the exact nature of the president’s ailments.”
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