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President Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden exit Marine One at Charleston Government Airport, S.C., on Aug. 10. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP cover caption
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President Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden exit Marine One at Charleston Government Airport, S.C., on Aug. 10.
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First girl Jill Biden has examined constructive for COVID-19 in a “rebound” case, although her workplace says she doesn’t have signs. The White Home Medical Unit has notified shut contacts, the primary girl’s communications director Kelsey Donohue mentioned in a press release.
The primary girl, who’s 71, first examined constructive on Aug. 16 whereas on trip with the president in South Carolina. She remained in isolation for 5 days, present process a course of Paxlovid remedy and proceeded to hitch the president in Delaware on Sunday after two destructive assessments.

The president examined destructive this morning, in response to the White Home. He contracted COVID-19 in July and likewise had a rebound case after being handled with Paxlovid. The president left his second isolation interval on Aug. 6.
“In keeping with CDC steerage as a result of he’s an in depth contact of the First Girl, he’ll masks for 10 days when indoors and in shut proximity to others,” in response to the White Home. “We can even hold the President’s testing cadence elevated and proceed to report these outcomes.”
