REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolinawhere she had isolated herself after vacationing with President Joe Biden, and joined him at their Delaware beach home, her office said Sunday.
The White House announced Tuesday that the 71-year-old first lady, who like her husband has been twice vaccinated and twice boosted with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, has tested positive for the coronavirus. She had her first symptoms on Monday.
The 79-year-old president recovered from bounce case of the virus on Aug. 7
Jill Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and isolated at the vacation home on Kiawah Island for five days before receiving negative results from two consecutive tests for COVID-19, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said. Jill Biden plans to travel to Delaware later Sunday.
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