US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 again on Saturday in what the White House doctor described as a 'rebound' case seen in a small percentage of patients who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
Biden previously described his experience with Covid as mild, saying he was able to continue working while in isolation and attributed his relative ease with the disease to vaccines and other treatments.US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 again on Saturday in what the White House doctor described as a"rebound" case seen in a small percentage of patients who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
He will now return to strict isolation and will cancel planned trips to his home in Wilmington and work trip in Michigan, the White House said. Biden held public events on Wednesday and Thursday, but none on Friday. Biden had planned the Michigan trip to tout Thursday's passage of legislation to boost the US semiconductor chips industry.
A small but significant percentage of people who take Paxlovid will suffer a relapse or a rebound that occurs days after the five-day treatment course has ended, studies have shown.
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