Washington – First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent ‘rebound’ afterwards She tested negative for the virus over the weekend.
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The White House said President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, remains negative. He also experienced a rebound earlier this month after recovering from the virus.
Jill Biden tested positive for the virus for the first time on August 15th, when she and her husband were vacationing on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. She was isolated in a coastal town until she received two negative tests and was allowed to see the president in Delaware on Sunday.
Kelsey Donoghue, Biden’s deputy director of communications, said she “has not seen a resurgence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware as she has restarted isolation measures.” She added, “The White House medical unit conducted contact tracing, and close contacts were notified.”
Jill Biden, 71, like her husband, was vaccinated twice and boosted twice with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She was prescribed the antiviral drug Baxolvid, which has been shown to be highly effective in preventing serious illness and death among people most at risk of contracting the Covid-19 virus, but a minority of those prescribed the drug had experienced a relapse of the virus. days after their initial recovery.
The White House said the president is considered to be in close contact, and will wear a mask “for 10 days when indoors and in close proximity to others,” according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. The White House will also increase the frequency of its COVID-19 testing.
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