Biden tests negative for COVID-19, will continue isolation until second negative test

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President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 but will continue to isolate in the White House until testing negative a second time, according to his physician.

Dr. Kevin O'Connor, physician to the president, said Biden "continues to feel very well." He tested positive last week after completing a Paxlovid treatment course in what doctors called a "rebound" case.

"Given his rebound positivity which we reported last Saturday, we have continued daily monitoring," O'Connor said. "This morning, his SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing was negative."

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"In an abundance of caution, the President will continue his strict isolation measures pending a second negative test as previously described," O'Connor said.

President Biden signs two bills aimed at combating fraud in the COVID-19 small business relief programs Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

O’Connor said last week that Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and Friday morning, but tested positive on Saturday morning by an antigen test. 

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The president first tested positive for the coronavirus on July 21. 

President Biden posted a video to Twitter on Saturday afternoon after testing positive for COVID-19 in a "rebound" case. (President Biden/Twitter)

The president suffered body aches and a sore throat early into his infection last month.

O'Connor has said preliminary sequencing indicated Biden contracted the BA5 variant, the most common coronavirus variant in the U.S. right now.

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Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News medical analyst and professor of medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center told Fox News Digital last week that the president wasn't setting a good example for following the CDC's COVID-19 guidelines.

"Not a good look for a president who talks about mandates. He has played too loose with this," Siegel said last Saturday. "The antigen test is predictive of low infectivity if negative but a high quality mask KN95 or better would have been a wise precaution."

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was not wearing a mask on Wednesday because the group was socially distanced.