President Joe Biden examined positive for Covid once more late Saturday morning in a “rebound” case after testing destructive a number of days in a row, his doctor stated in a letter.
“After testing negative on Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and Friday morning, the President tested positive late Saturday morning, by antigen testing. This in fact represents ‘rebound’ positivity,” wrote White House doctor Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
Biden, 79, has not skilled any re-emergence of signs and continues to really feel nicely, O’Connor stated. “This being the case, there is no reason to reinitiate treatment at this time, but we will obviously continue close observation.”
He will, nonetheless, return to strict isolation procedures, the doctor added.
Biden, who’s totally vaccinated and twice boosted, examined positive for Covid on July 21 throughout a routine check, and was handled with the antiviral Paxlovid.
A small minority of people that take Paxlovid see a rebound impact. Around 1% to 2% of individuals taking Paxlovid in Pfizer’s clinical trial examined positive for the coronavirus after having examined destructive. Rebound charges are round 5% among the many tens of 1000’s of people that’ve taken the drug in real-life settings, White House Covid response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, stated at a current news convention.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of the attainable recurrences in May, and stated that individuals who check positive once more should be contagious and ought to restart isolation for a minimum of 5 days.
“Folks, today I tested positive for COVID again. This happens with a small minority of folks,” the president tweeted Saturday. “I’ve got no symptoms but I am going to isolate for the safety of everyone around me. I’m still at work, and will be back on the road soon.”
He left isolation Wednesday after 5 days. At the time, O’Connor stated his signs had virtually utterly resolved.
Biden on Thursday delivered remarks within the State Dining Room and participated in a roundtable with officers in addition to some CEOs. He didn’t put on a face masks at both occasion.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to Biden, who had Covid in June, additionally stated he went by Paxlovid rebound.
Molly Roecker contributed.