U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022.
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President Joe Biden on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 again after days of repeatedly testing negative for the virus, his doctor said.
Dr Kevin O’Connor said in a memo shared by the White House, Biden had no new symptoms and “continues to feel quite well”.
But he will “restart strict isolation procedures,” the president’s doctor wrote.
O’Connor had previously warned of the possibility of “rebound” in positive test results, a phenomenon in a small percentage of patients who, like Biden, take the antiviral drug Paxlovid as part of their treatment. their treatment.
Accordingly, Biden has “raised the pace of his testing, both to protect those around him and to ensure the early detection of any virus replication,” O’Connor wrote in the new memo. published on Saturday afternoon.
The President tested negative for Covid on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, but tested positive on Saturday morning from an antigen test. O’Connor writes: “This is the reality of a positive ‘recovery’.
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