Even though the president ‘continues to feel good,’ President Biden’s physician revealed that he was still testing positive for COVID as of Monday morning and will continue his rigorous isolation.
Since suffering a rebound episode on Saturday, which is thought to have been triggered by his Paxlovid treatment regimen, Biden has not left the White House compound once. This makes it 12 days since he last departed.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the doctor for the White House, stated that Biden is still in good health and has no symptoms.
On Monday, the president has no scheduled public events. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief the media in his place.
As he begins his week, the President “continues to feel well,” O’Connor writes.
Given his positive rebound, which we reported on Saturday, we kept up our daily monitoring. His SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing was positive this morning, as was to be expected.
Biden would continue to operate from the White House, according to O’Connor.
Additionally, he said that given similar patients in the president’s position, the positive test result was “expected.”
As previously said, the President will maintain his severe isolation policies.
He will continue to represent the American people from the Executive Residence, according to O’Connor.
Biden “continues to be very explicitly conscientious to protect any of the Executive Residence, White House, Secret Service and other personnel whose tasks necessitate any (however socially remote) closeness to him,” O’Connor wrote.
That implies that Biden will continue to avoid the West Wing, where aides do business on his behalf.
It all happens at a crucial moment in Washington, where Biden is on the verge of securing significant policy victories despite avoiding meeting with lawmakers.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia announced last week that he had reached an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer on a plan that raises $739 billion in revenue, spends $433 billion on climate change and other initiatives, and reduces the deficit by about $300 billion.
Manchin spent months directly negotiating with Vice President Joe Biden on the plan.
However, the’reconciliation’ measure, which is immune from Republican filibuster, has not yet received the approval of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), whose support would be essential for passage.
Additionally, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is touring Asia and Beijing has made hostile statements in response to rumours that she will travel to Taiwan.
Following an infection last month, the president tested negative for COVID-19 four days in a row.
However, medical professionals argue that while rare, his rebound instance is not entirely unusual.
He returned to seclusion after testing positive on Saturday. Before the positive hit, according to officials, he had six close interactions.
Doctors have observed that some patients with greater risk levels who take Paxlovid, like Biden did, are more likely to develop “rebound” infections.
Jill Biden, the first lady, is still residing in the family’s Wilmington, Delaware, home and has consistently tested negative.
Before receiving his “rebound” case on Sunday, Biden had intended to see her again.