US President Joe Biden has improved After responding well to the treatment that has been administered against covid-19, his doctor, Kevin C. O’Connor, said this Friday.
On Thursday night his body temperature rose to 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit (37.4 °C), but he was given Tylenol, an acetaminophen-based pain reliever and fever reducer, and “he responded favorably,” the doctor said in a statement. release.
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Biden, 79, continues to have nasal congestion, fatigue, and occasionally a dry coughbut his pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and oxygen levels remain “completely normal.”
The president, who has received two doses of the vaccine and two booster doses, is being treated mainly with the oral antiretroviral drug Paxlovid.
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The White House announced on Thursday that Biden had tested positive for covid and that same day the Democratic president published a video recorded from a balcony of the residence where he assured that he was fine and that his symptoms were mild.
In accordance with White House protocol, which goes beyond the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Until Biden tests negative, he will continue to be isolated and will not resume his tasks in person.
His doctor stressed in the letter that nothing makes him think that throughout his illness the evolution of the symptoms will not be positive.
Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House covid coordinator, also told CNN that the president was “doing well” as of Thursday night.
“The symptoms were basically the same,” Jha said, adding that he would check on the president again on Friday morning. “From 10 p.m. (…) he said he felt fine.”
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Jha said it was still unclear where exactly Biden, who recently returned from a trip to the Middle East, contracted the novel coronavirus.
He told CNN that he was not aware of any linked cases among the president’s recent close contacts. However, he noted that the White House was still tracking contracts.
President Biden continued working from the White House this morning, including speaking by phone with his national security team. pic.twitter.com/jdQkoDtupR
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 22, 2022
*With information from Efe and Reuters
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