BREAKING NEWS: Jill Biden tests positive for COVID AGAIN in a rebound case after taking Paxlovid
- First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19, suffering a rebound case of the coronavirus after taking the antiviral drug, Paxlovid
- The East Wing said Wednesday afternoon that the first lady would return to isolation in Delaware
- Dr. Biden’s symptoms have not returned, her deputy communications director said
First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Wednesday, suffering a rebound case of the coronavirus after taking the antiviral drug, Paxlovid.
The East Wing said Wednesday afternoon that the first lady would return to isolation in Delaware.
Dr. Biden’s symptoms have not returned, Deputy Communications Director Kelsey Donohue said in a statement.
First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again
First Lady Jill Biden is photographed shopping on Kiawah Island, South Carolina days before she first tested positive for COVID-19
The first lady initally tested positive for COVID during the Bidens’ summer getaway to Kiawah Island, South Carolina on Tuesday, August 16.
Dr. Biden started experiencing symptoms the day before.
That Sunday, she had been spotted bike-riding with her husband and granddaughter Finnegan Biden on Kiawah Island beach and shopping with her daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen, Hunter Biden’s wife.
The president flew back to Washington without her in order to sign the Inflation Reduction Action.
She was then let out of isolation Sunday, August 21, leaving South Carolina and heading to Delaware to rejoin her husband, who was at their Rehoboth Beach, Delaware beach home, after spending several days in Wilmington alone.
The couple made no public appearances during the Rehoboth Beach trip.
Earlier Wednesday, President Joe Biden returned to the White House solo, and sported a mask as he walked off Marine One.
He took off the mask to greet staff and supporters in the South Lawn before walking into the White House.
The White House said after Dr. Biden’s diagnosis was made public that the president had tested negative for COVID-19 Wednesday morning.
‘Consistent with CDC guidance because he is a close contact of the First Lady, he will mask for 10 days when indoors and in close proximity to others,’ the official said. ‘We will also keep the president’s testing cadence increased and continue to report those results.’
The president suffered his own rebound case of COVID last month.
Biden initially tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21, on the heels of an international trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, and a domestic jaunt to Massachusetts.
On July 27, the president was let out of isolation – and gave remarks about how far the country’s come in the fight against COVID from the White House Rose Garden.
But cut to Saturday, July 30, and Biden tested positive for COVID again, and went back into isolation.
‘Folks, today I tested positive for COVID again,’ Biden said. ‘This happens with a small minority of folks. 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.’
The percentage of rebound cases when patients take Paxlovid is up for debate, with some medical experts, including CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner, suggesting it could be 20 to 40 percent instead of the 1 to 2 percent estimated by drugmaker Pfizer.
Reiner, a prominent cardiologist and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University Hospital tweeted, called President Biden’s reinfection ‘predictable’ in a July tweet.
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