



He tested negative on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before receiving a positive antigen result on Saturday morning. After five days of isolation, he tested negative on Tuesday evening and returned to the Oval Office on Wednesday, declaring that his relatively mild case demonstrated how much progress had been made in fighting the virus that has killed more than one million Americans.īut doctors were watching for signs of a rebound case and made sure to keep testing him every day. Biden first tested positive for the coronavirus on July 21 and experienced a sore throat, runny nose, cough, body aches and fatigue. The White House later posted a video of the president on the Truman Balcony with his dog Commander and he appeared well. The White House announced that the president would no longer travel to his home in Wilmington, Del., on Sunday as planned nor make a scheduled visit to Michigan on Tuesday to promote newly passed legislation supporting the domestic semiconductor industry. Biden was forced to resume “strict isolation procedures” in keeping with medical advice. “This being the case, there is no reason to reinitiate treatment at this time, but we will obviously continue close observation.” O’Connor, the White House physician, said in a memo released by the press office. “The president has experienced no re-emergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well,” Dr.

President Biden tested positive for the coronavirus again on Saturday morning, becoming the latest example of a rebound case after taking the Paxlovid treatment that has otherwise been credited with broadly impressive results in fighting the virus and suppressing its worst effects.
