President Joe Biden checks unfavourable for Covid-19 after rebound case

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President Joe Biden examined unfavourable for Covid-19 however will proceed to isolate, in line with the White Home.

Biden “continues to really feel very nicely,” White Home doctor Kevin O’Connor mentioned in a memorandum on Saturday. Regardless of his unfavourable antigen take a look at, “in an abundance of warning, the president will proceed his strict isolation measures pending a second unfavourable take a look at,” O’Connor mentioned.

Biden, who’s absolutely vaccinated and acquired two booster photographs, first examined optimistic for Covid on July 21 after which examined optimistic for the second time in a “rebound” case one week in the past.

O’Connor had beforehand warned of the potential for a rebound in optimistic take a look at outcomes, a phenomenon amongst a small proportion of sufferers who, like Biden, used the antiviral remedy Paxlovid as a part of their therapy.

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