WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's symptoms have "almost completely resolved" after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, his physician said Monday.
At this point, Biden is only reporting some residual nasal congestion and minimal hoarseness, Kevin O'Connor, physician to the president, said in a letter.
The president's symptoms have steadily improved each day since he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Biden's pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain "absolutely normal," O'Connor said.
"The president continues to tolerate treatment well," he said. "He will continue Paxlovid as planned. He is experiencing no shortness of breath at all."
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Biden, who remains in isolation at the White House, completed his fourth full day of Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment for the contagious disease, on Sunday. O'Connor said Biden will also continue taking a low-dose aspirin as an alternative type of blood thinner.
Biden is believed to have been infected by the BA.5 omicron subvariant of COVID-19, which has proven highly transmissible. The strain is currently the most dominant in the U.S.
Biden is scheduled to hold a pair of virtual events Monday afternoon as the White House works to show a president still on the job despite his illness. He will virtually address the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and later meet with business executive and labor leaders to push for the Senate's approval of the Chips Act.
The White House released a photo of Biden on the telephone sitting next to Commander, his German Shepherd dog, on a White House patio. "Took calls this morning with man's best co-worker," Biden said in tweet.
Biden remained at the White House over the weekend, canceling previous plans to visit Wilmington, Del. The president held no public events.
He is expected to complete five full days of isolation before being tested again for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
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