White House says Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19
US President Joe Biden on Saturday tested negative for Covid-19, days after coming down with a second bout of the illness. "The President continues to feel very well. This morning, his SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing was negative," Biden's physician Kevin O'Connor said in a statement.
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- Published Date: 09:55 | 06 August 2022
- Modified Date: 10:11 | 06 August 2022
President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive with a breakthrough case for days, the White House physician said on Saturday.
The Democratic president will remain in isolation until he tests negative on a second test, Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a letter.
Biden, 79, emerged from isolation on July 27 after testing positive for COVID-19 for the first time on July 21. He tested positive again on July 30 in what O'Connor described as a "rebound" case seen in a small percentage of people who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
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