President Joe Biden has examined constructive for COVID-19 once more, simply days after he recovered from his earlier case of the virus, the White Home physician stated in an announcement on Saturday. He has no signs however will isolate himself once more.
In a tweet, the president stated he was “nonetheless at work” however self-isolating “for the protection of everybody round me.” He is not going to take part in his upcoming journeys to Wilmington, Delaware or Michigan, the White Home stated.
Later Saturday afternoon, the president proved his level – sharing a photograph of himself in masks and signing a doc that can add particular person help to the key catastrophe declaration he endorsed after Kentucky suffered lethal and devastating floods. He additionally shared a video of himself within the White Home together with his canine, Commander.
A photograph was additionally posted to Mr. Biden’s Instagram account on Saturday night time displaying him utilizing his telephone to FaceTime with “households preventing to cross burning fire laws.”
This refers to a invoice, which failed to maneuver ahead within the Senate this week that would supply advantages to an estimated 3.5 million veterans uncovered to poisonous burns within the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The president, who’s vaccinated and doubly boosted, is feeling “fairly nicely” and his physician, Colonel Kevin O’Connor, has stated he is not going to be beginning any therapy right now.
Mr. Biden experiences what O’Connor known as “rebound” positivity, which might occur to a small share of sufferers handled with the drug Paxlovid.
Mr. Biden was first identified with COVID lower than two weeks in the past. The 79-year-old president went into self-isolation and began taking Paxlovid, a antiviral therapy made by Pfizer, White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated in an announcement saying her analysis. He solely skilled delicate signs.
After 5 days, Mr. Biden examined detrimental on Tuesday night, and ended his interval of isolation. He then examined detrimental on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, his physician stated. Nonetheless, an antigen check got here again constructive on Saturday morning.
His constructive check 9 days in the past was the primary recognized time that Mr. Biden contracted the coronavirus.
On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris examined detrimental for COVID, her spokeswoman Kirsten Allen stated. In the meantime, first woman Dr. Jill Biden, who has been staying on the couple’s Delaware dwelling since her husband first examined constructive, additionally stays detrimental, in accordance with communications director Elizabeth Alexander.
In Could, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention warned of potential “COVID-19 rebound” after a five-day course of Paxlovid.
“In case you take Paxlovid, you might need signs once more,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky informed CBS Information. “We’ve not but seen anybody who has come again with signs that require going to hospital. So typically a milder course.”
After a affected person has recovered, a a bounce was reported happen two to eight days later. Nonetheless, the CDC says the advantages of taking Paxlovid far outweigh the dangers. Amongst unvaccinated individuals at excessive danger of significant sickness, it decreased the danger of hospitalization and demise by practically 90%, in accordance with the CDC.
On the time, Pfizer stated it noticed a rebound charge of round 2%, however continued to watch sufferers.
White Home COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha informed reporters on Monday that the information “suggests between 5 and eight p.c of individuals have rebounded” after Paxlovid therapy.
Kathryn Watson and Jon LaPook contributed reporting.
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