Jill Biden tested negative Monday during her routine tests and then developed “cold-like symptoms” Monday night, according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander.<\/p>\n
“He tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive,” Alexander said in a statement.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden exit Marine One at Charleston, SC Executive Airport, Wednesday, August 10, 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Manuel Balce Ceneta\/AP, FILE<\/span><\/p>\n He has been prescribed the antiviral treatment Paxlovid, which President Joe Biden also took after testing positive last month.<\/p>\n President Biden first tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21, experiencing symptoms such as a cough and sore throat. He isolated and completed a five-day course of Paxlovid before testing negative. She then experienced a rebound infection and tested positive again. On August 6, the president’s doctor said that Biden had received a negative test and it was clear that he would break his isolation.<\/p>\n Jill Biden, who is doubly vaccinated and twice boosted, has “mild symptoms,” Alexander said.<\/p>\n First Lady Jill Biden speaks at the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) 125th Anniversary Convention in National Harbor, Maryland on June 17, 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Susan Walsh\/AP, FILE<\/span><\/p>\n According to the White House, President Biden, who has been vacationing with his wife and family on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, is considered a close contact and will be masked indoors for the next 10 days and when you are in close contact with other people.<\/p>\n The president tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, and his tests will be increased in light of the first lady testing positive.<\/p>\n Jill Biden will self-isolate for at least five days. He will stay “at a private residence in South Carolina and return home after receiving two consecutive negative tests for COVID,” Alexander said.<\/p>\n His close contacts have been notified, Alexander added.<\/p>\n ABC News’ Molly Nagle contributed to this report.<\/p>\n![\"PHOTO:](\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/International\/jill-biden-file-ap-jef-220816_1660656991260_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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