“The president continues to feel very well,” wrote Dr. Kevin O’Connor. “Given his rebound positivity that we reported last Saturday, we have continued daily monitoring. His SARS-CoV-2 antigen test was negative this morning. Out of an abundance of caution, the President will continue his strict isolation measures pending a second negative test as described above.”
During the isolation, the president participated virtually in public events from the residence of the White House. He twice made socially distanced remarks to a restricted pool from the Blue Room balcony, announcing a successful strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on Monday and signing two bills to combat Covid-19 benefit fraud on Friday . President and first lady Jill Biden is scheduled to travel Monday to visit Kentucky after deadly flooding in the eastern part of the state killed dozens of people and devastated the area.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “People with a recurrence of COVID-19 symptoms or a new positive viral test after a negative result should resume isolation and self-isolate again for at least 5 days.”
During Biden’s first bout of illness, he had mild symptoms, including a runny nose, fatigue, high fever and cough, according to his doctor. A completed five-day course of Paxlovid the President requires a prescription and is available through emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 in people 12 years of age and older who are at high risk of severe disease.
The CDC issued a health alert to doctors on May 24, notifying them that Covid-19 symptoms sometimes return, and this may be how the infection manifests itself in some people, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or treated with drugs like Paxlovid. The CDC said most rebound cases involved mild illness and that there were no reports of serious illness.
Biden is fully vaccinated and received two boosters. He received his first two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine before his inauguration in January 2021, his first booster in September and his second booster in March.
This story has been updated.
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