The US chief will abide by the “strict isolation measures” till a second destructive consequence, his physician stated
President Joe Biden examined destructive for Covid-19 on Saturday, however “in an abundance of warning” will stay in strict isolation underneath day by day monitoring till a second destructive consequence confirms he has overwhelmed his “rebound” an infection, in accordance with White Home doctor Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
“The President continues to really feel very nicely,” O’Connor wrote in his day by day replace on Biden’s situation.
The US chief initially examined optimistic for Covid-19 on July 21, regardless of having been absolutely vaccinated and receiving two booster photographs. He labored in isolation for 5 days, whereas experiencing a light cough and physique aches, earlier than testing destructive final week.
Nonetheless, simply three days later, Biden examined optimistic as soon as once more, with O’Connor noting that “a small proportion of” sufferers being handled for Covid-19 with Pfizer’s antiviral capsule Paxlovid are more likely to undergo so-called “rebound Covid positivity” – the place they appear to get well from the illness earlier than falling sick once more.
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Following his first bout with the virus, Biden described Paxlovid as a “game-changer” within the battle towards Covid-19, and urged People to acquire the drugs from drugstores across the nation.
“Restricted data presently accessible from case studies means that individuals handled with Paxlovid who expertise COVID-19 rebound have had delicate sickness; there are not any studies of extreme illness,” the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stated in Could. White Home coronavirus czar Dr. Anthony Fauci additionally suffered such a reinfection when he handled his case of Covid-19 with Paxlovid.
