Joe Biden is not completely done with covid-19 yet. The US president has tested positive for covid-19 for the second time in nine days. Its contamination was detected for the first time on July 21. The doctor of the president of the first power in the world then wanted to reassure him about his state of health, indicating that the latter suffered only from mild symptoms. Joe Biden is “better and better,” he added on July 24.
The White House relayed a memo from Dr. Kevin O’Connor. The American president had tested negative Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and Friday morning, can we read. Kevin O’Connor nevertheless specifies that cases of “rebound” positivity are frequent among people treated with Paxlovid, Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill.
Joe Biden received two booster doses of vaccine
The 79-year-old US president is said to be symptom-free. He will therefore return to solitary confinement to “protect” those around him. “The president has not experienced a re-emergence of symptoms and continues to feel completely well,” said the doctor. “There is therefore no reason to resume treatment at this stage,” he continues, indicating that Joe Biden will remain under observation.
The president, fully vaccinated and who has received two booster doses, is keen to “protect all those (…) who have to work near him”, whether they are White House staff, his body or those around him, concluded Dr. O’Connor. Paxlovid is an antiviral treatment that works by reducing the ability of the virus to replicate, thus slowing the progression of the disease. It must be taken within the first few days after symptoms appear to be effective.
It is recommended in the United States for people at risk of developing a severe case of the disease, a category in which the American president falls due to his age. Joe Biden’s predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, announced on October 2, 2020 on Twitter that he had tested positive for Covid-19. He had been evacuated by helicopter from the White House to the Walter Reed military hospital, and had been treated there for three nights.