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WASHINGTON — Jill Biden, the primary woman, examined optimistic for the coronavirus on Monday night and is quarantining at a non-public house in South Carolina, the place she and President Biden had been vacationing for the previous a number of days, her workplace introduced on Tuesday.
Dr. Biden is experiencing gentle signs, Elizabeth Alexander, her communications director, mentioned in a press release. The primary woman has been prescribed Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment that reduces the consequences of the an infection, and won’t return to the White Home till she receives two consecutive unfavorable checks, Ms. Alexander mentioned.
“The primary woman started to develop coldlike signs late within the night,” Ms. Alexander mentioned within the assertion. “She examined unfavorable once more on a speedy antigen check, however a P.C.R. check got here again optimistic. The primary woman is double vaccinated, twice boosted and solely experiencing gentle signs.”
An announcement despatched to reporters mentioned that Mr. Biden examined unfavorable on Tuesday morning. He returned to the White Home to signal the local weather and tax invoice within the afternoon, and he continued on to Wilmington, Del., for the remainder of the week as deliberate.
“In line with C.D.C. steering as a result of he’s an in depth contact of the primary woman, he’ll masks for 10 days when indoors and in shut proximity to others,” the White Home assertion mentioned. “We will even enhance the president’s testing cadence and report these outcomes.”
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