On Thursday, July 21, 2022, US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19. His PCR test results came out that day, and he was then self-isolating (isoman) at the White House.
“The causative agent of the COVID-19 infection experienced by US President Joe Biden is” the most “likely” version, the US President’s doctor said on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Xinhua, Monday (25/7/2022).
Biden’s symptoms continued to improve, with a sore throat, runny nose, cough and body aches, Dr. Kevin O’Connor in a memo to the White House after the initial sequencing.
“His voice is still heavy,” O’Connor continued. “His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature were normal. His oxygen saturation in the room air was still good. His lungs were clear.”
Joe Biden, 79, is doing well and will continue to take Paxlovid, an antiviral therapy manufactured by Pfizer and administered to COVID-19 patients, according to O’Connor.
Joe Biden is currently quarantined at the White House and is still performing his duty.
Biden joins a long list of officials in his administration and US lawmakers who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
BA.5, the Omicron subvariant and by far the most infectious COVID-19 mutant, is responsible for at least 75 percent of new infections across the United States.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has exceeded 90 million, with more than 1 million deaths, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
