The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering from “mild symptoms,” the White House announced on Tuesday, specifying that her husband, Joe Biden, remained negative.
“Symptoms close to a cold”
The president’s wife “began to develop symptoms close to a cold” on Monday night, and a PCR test came back positive, detailed his communications director, Elizabeth Alexander.
Jill Biden, 71, will benefit from antiviral treatment Paxlovid and will isolate “at least five days” in South Carolina, where she vacationed with Joe Biden, Ms Alexander said.
The president tested negative
The president has tested negative and, as planned, will return to Washington later in the day, a White House spokesman said.
The 79-year-old president had tested positive for Covid-19 in late July with mild symptoms and isolated himself for about two weeks before finally testing negative on August 6.
Source: BFM TV
