The White House announced on Tuesday that US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for the second time.
The president’s wife, 71, tested negative on Monday but developed “cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander.
A subsequent rapid antigen test, according to Alexander, was negative, but a more detailed PCR test was positive.
The first lady has been prescribed Paxlovid, an oral antiviral pill, and will be isolated for at least five days.
“She’s been double-vaccinated, twice boosted, and has only mild symptoms,” Alexander added.
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Jill Biden tested positive while on holiday in South Carolina, where she is staying at a private residence, and will return to the White House after two consecutive negative tests, her aide said.
President Biden, who turns 80 in November, has recently recovered from two separate bouts of the coronavirus.
He first tested positive on July 21 and continued to carry out his duties while isolating at the White House.
After four days of negative tests, he again received a positive result on July 30 and entered isolation a second time.
