President Biden's COVID-19 signs have "virtually utterly resolved" as he takes his remaining course of Paxlovid for COVID-19 Monday, in accordance with the president's doctor. The remaining signs are residual nasal congestion and a barely hoarse voice.
Mr. Biden is technically on his fourth day of COVID-19, for the reason that first day of signs or a constructive take a look at is taken into account day zero, and the White Home says he'll stay in isolation till he receives a detrimental take a look at. The president is wrapping up a five-day course of the antiviral drug Paxlovid, and taking a low dose of aspirin as a substitute blood thinner within the meantime.
"President Biden accomplished his fourth full day of PAXLOVID final night time," Dr. Kevin O'Connor, doctor to the president, mentioned in a letter launched Monday. "His signs don't have any virtually utterly resolved. When questioned, at this level he solely notes some residual nasal congestion and minimal hoarseness. His pulse, blood strain, respiratory price and temperature stay completely regular. His oxygen saturation continues to be wonderful on air room. His lungs stay clear."
O'Connor added that the president "continues to tolerate remedy properly" and is not experiencing shortness of breath.
The president contracted the extremely transmissible BA.5 variant, as White Home COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha defined on CBS Information "Face the Nation" Sunday. Jha and White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will transient reporters Monday afternoon.
The president has been working from the White Home residence since Thursday, taking conferences nearly. On high of his normal presidential each day transient the president will meet nearly with CEOs and labor leaders on the necessity to go the CHIPS Act to advertise semiconductor manufacturing, and he'll ship a digital tackle to the Nationwide Group of Black Regulation Enforcement Executives Convention.