Washington: US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive again for a rebound case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. She tested positive with an antigen test in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Earlier on Tuesday, Jill Biden tested negative during a routine test. His deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said “a small number of close contacts” with whom Biden had recent contact have been reported.
“Jill Biden will stay at the Family Beach House in Delaware until she has two consecutive negative test results again,” Donohue said.
Meanwhile, US President Biden tested negative on Wednesday, CNN quoted a White House official as saying. However, the president will wear a mask indoors for 10 days following guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as he is considered a close contact, the official said.
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Notably, Jill Biden had two consecutive negative tests on Sunday and traveled from South Carolina to join President Joe Biden in Delaware. Biden first tested positive on August 15 while vacationing in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. According to CNN, the first lady had “cold-like symptoms”, and was placed on a cycle of the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which can trigger a rebound of COVID-19 in some people several days after a negative test result . The president took PaxLovid last month even when he had Covid-19, and after initial negative tests, he eventually tested positive for a rebound case of Covid-19. Earlier, 79-year-old Biden had tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21 and was undergoing treatment for almost a week.