“After testing unfavourable for COVID-19 on Monday throughout her common testing cadence, the First Girl started to develop cold-like signs late within the night,” her spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander stated in an announcement. “She examined unfavourable once more on a fast antigen take a look at, however a PCR take a look at got here again constructive.”
Alexander famous that Jill Biden, 71, is “double-vaccinated, twice boosted and solely experiencing delicate signs.” The primary girl has been prescribed the antiviral remedy Paxlovid and can isolate from others for no less than 5 days, in accordance with steerage from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
“Shut contacts of the First Girl have been notified,” Alexander stated. “She is presently staying at a personal residence in South Carolina and can return dwelling after she receives two consecutive unfavourable COVID exams.”
The primary girl’s constructive take a look at comes a couple of weeks after President Biden, 79, examined constructive for the coronavirus on July 21. The president examined unfavourable for the coronavirus Tuesday morning on an antigen take a look at, White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated.
