U.S. President Joe Biden, who was re-confirmed and quarantined for COVID-19, still tested positive for a rapid antigen test on the 3rd (local time), but his health is normal, the White House said.
“President Biden is coughing intermittently, but less frequently than yesterday,” Dr Kevin O’Connor, the President’s physician, said in a letter released by the White House. normal,” he said.
“The president will continue to do business with the American people while maintaining strict quarantine,” he said.
Previously, President Biden was first diagnosed with COVID-19 on the 21st of last month and was treated with the antiviral drug Paxrovid.
He tested negative on the 27th of the same month and resumed official activities, but on the 30th of the same month he tested positive again and went into re-quarantine.
It is analyzed that this is because of the so-called ‘Paxrovid rebound’ phenomenon, in which symptoms improve at the beginning of taking Pax Lovid and then the symptoms recur.
/yunhap news