The president of the United States, Joe Biden, returned to test positive for COVID-19 this Saturday and will isolate himself again, although he has no new symptoms and feels well, said his doctor Kevin C. O’Connor, in a statement distributed by the White House.
O’Connor attributed the positive result of Biden in COVID-19 to the effects of the oral antiretroviral drug Paxlovid that he took for five days to help with the symptoms of the disease.
According to the doctor, this anticovid pill can have a “rebound effect” which is what Biden, 79, is experiencing and who has received two doses of the vaccine and two other boosters.
Biden himself announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for COVID-19 again, something that happens to a “small minority” of those who take Paxlovid.
“I have no symptoms but I am going to isolate myself to safeguard the safety of all those around me. I’m working and I’ll be back on the road soon,” Biden said, expressing his desire to travel the country again.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre added on Twitter that the president is working in the White House residence to remain in isolation, instead of in the Oval Office as he usually does.
In his note, O’Connor explained that Biden has not experienced a return of symptoms and continues to feel “fairly well,” so no further treatment will be started at this time, although “obviously” medical staff continue to monitor his condition. evolution closely, he said.
The White House announced last Thursday, July 21, that Biden had been infected and on Wednesday, July 27, he came out of isolation after testing negative for covid-19.
According to the presidential doctor, Biden had tested negative in the tests that were done on Tuesday night, as well as on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning; but he tested positive in the antigen test that was done on Saturday morning.
US health authorities recognized in May that Paxlovid, a drug manufactured by Pfizer, can cause a “rebound” effect but continue to recommend its use for adults and those over 12 years of age, especially when these people are at risk of suffer complications from COVID-19.
The “rebound” effect can occur between 2 and 8 days after your initial recovery and manifests itself with the reappearance of symptoms or the positive result of a test, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate on their website. (CDC, for its acronym in English).
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