WASHINGTON (Reuters) — First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 and will return to Washington from Delaware on Aug. 30, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
Jill Biden, 71, had tested positive in a rebound case of Covid-19 after first testing positive on Aug. 16.
She had ended her first isolation after a course of Paxlovid, an antiviral medication, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious disease and death among those at highest risk from Covid-19. A minority of those prescribed the drug, however, have experienced a rebound case of the virus a few days after their initial recovery.
President Joe Biden, 79, recovered from a rebound case of the virus on Aug. 7.
First lady Jill Biden walks with President Joe Biden toward Marine One after he spoke to the media before departing the White House for a weekend in Rehoboth, Delaware, at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2022.
