Washington — First girl Jill Biden examined optimistic for COVID-19 on Wednesday with an obvious "rebound" an infection and can return to isolation, her workplace mentioned in an announcement.
"The First Girl has skilled no reemergence of signs, and can stay in Delaware the place she has reinitiated isolation procedures," communications director Kelsey Donohue mentioned in an announcement. "The White Home Medical Unit has performed contact tracing and shut contacts have been notified."
The primary girl first examined optimistic final week and was in isolation in South Carolina for 5 days. She skilled gentle, cold-like signs and was handled with the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has been linked to rebound infections. She joined President Biden in Delaware on Sunday following two unfavorable exams.
The president additionally skilled a rebound case final month, when he examined optimistic once more a number of days after leaving isolation. The president returned on Wednesday to the White Home, the place he's set to announce his plan to cancel as much as $20,000 in debt for thousands and thousands of Individuals with federal scholar loans.
Mr. Biden examined unfavorable for COVID-19 on Wednesday morning, a White Home official mentioned.
"According to CDC steerage as a result of he's an in depth contact of the First Girl, he'll masks for 10 days when indoors and in shut proximity to others," the official mentioned. "We can even maintain the President's testing cadence elevated and proceed to report these outcomes."