乔·拜登总统“继续感觉良好”，在经历了新冠肺炎的反弹病例后仍处于隔离状态，根据一封信来自白宫医生凯文·奥康纳博士。
奥康纳在白宫发布的一份备忘录中写道，拜登周一早上在抗原测试中呈阳性，他说这一结果“可以预料”拜登此前在周二晚上、周三早上、周四早上和周五早上的测试结果都是阴性，周六再次测试呈阳性。
奥康纳写道:“总统将一如既往地继续实施严格的隔离措施。”
“他将继续在总统官邸处理美国人民的事务，”奥康纳补充道。“正如我以前说过的，总统继续非常认真地保护任何行政官邸、白宫、特勤局和其他工作人员，他们的职责需要(尽管在社交上有距离)接近他。”
拜登在7月21日首次检测出新冠肺炎病毒呈阳性，最终在检测呈阴性后，于上周三从隔离状态中重新出现。然而，他一直在接受Paxlovid治疗，这是一种有效的冠状病毒治疗方法，有时会在患者完成一个疗程后产生所谓的反弹病例。服用帕昔洛韦后，高危患者仍然面临住院风险的大幅降低。
这封信没有具体说明拜登感到的任何症状，但根据奥康纳过去的备忘录，总统自周六再次检测呈阳性以来一直无症状，白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔周一表示，没有复发的症状。拜登在第一次检测呈阳性后，曾出现流鼻涕、咳嗽、喉咙痛、轻微发烧和身体疼痛，总统已经恢复服用他在最初呈阳性检测前接受的药物。
当被问及拜登是否设定了休息时间来对抗感染时，让-皮埃尔说，拜登“每天工作八个多小时。”
“这是他一直坚持的时间表。他没有在椭圆形办公室做，而是在白宫官邸做。”
在第二次检测出COVID呈阳性之前，拜登有六名密切接触者，尽管白宫尚未宣布这些人中有任何阳性病例。让-皮埃尔周一再次证实，这些接触没有阳性检测结果。
拜登上周在玫瑰园发表了一次赞扬疫苗和治疗方法的演讲后，出现了反弹的情况。
拜登说:“我们毫无畏惧地通过了COVID，我也毫无畏惧地通过了它，因为这些重要的救生工具，我感到非常轻微的不适。”“你不需要成为总统就能让这些工具用于你的国防。”
拜登的阳性检测结果干扰了他的全国旅行计划，他原计划在全国宣传新通过的投资半导体和计算机芯片生产的立法。奥巴马还强调了参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)和参议员乔·曼钦(Joe Manchin)之间最近达成的一项协议，该协议旨在降低药品价格、应对气候变化和堵塞企业税收漏洞。
尚不清楚他将于何时恢复旅行。当被问及未来的旅行以兜售最新的立法进展时，让-皮埃尔周一指出，疾病控制和预防中心没有关于感染反弹后旅行的建议。
Biden still in isolation, feeling 'well,' but continues to test positive in rebound COVID case
President Joe Biden "continues to feel well" and is still in isolation after experiencing a rebound case of COVID-19,according to a letterfrom White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor on Monday.
O'Connor wrote in a memo released by the White House that Biden tested positive on an antigen test Monday morning, a result he said "could be anticipated." Biden had previously tested negative Tuesday evening, Wednesday morning, Thursday morning and Friday morning before again testing positive on Saturday.
"The President will continue his strict isolation measures as previously described," O'Connor wrote.
"He will continue to conduct the business of the American people from the Executive Residence," O'Connor added. "As I have stated previously, the President continues to be very specifically conscientious to protect any of the Executive Residence, White House, Secret Service and other staff whose duties require (albeit socially distanced) proximity to him."
Biden had first tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21 and ultimately reemerged from isolation last Wednesday after testing negative. However, he had been treated with Paxlovid, an effective coronavirus treatment that at times produces a so-called rebound case after a patient finishes a course of it. High-risk patients still face drastically diminished risks of hospitalization after taking Paxlovid.
The letter did not specify any symptoms Biden is feeling, but the president has been asymptomatic since testing positive again Saturday, according to O'Connor's past memos, and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday there have been no reoccurring symptoms. Biden previously had a runny nose, cough, sore throat, a slight fever and body aches after testing positive the first time, and the president has resumed taking the medication he was receiving prior to his initial positive test.
When asked if Biden was setting blocks of time to rest to fight his infection, Jean-Pierre said Biden "has been working eight-plus hours a day."
"That is a schedule that he continues to keep. Instead of doing it in the Oval Office, he's doing it in the White House residence."
Biden had six close contacts before testing positive for COVID for a second time, though the White House has not announced any positive cases from any of those people. Jean-Pierre confirmed again Monday that there have been no positive test results from those contacts.
The rebound case comes after Biden last week gave a speech from the Rose Garden praising vaccines and therapeutics.
"We got through COVID with no fear, I got through it with no fear, a very mild discomfort because of these essential, life-saving tools," Biden said. "You don't need to be president to get these tools used for your defense."
Biden's positive test result has interfered with his travel plans across the country in which he had planned on touting newly passed legislation to invest in production of semiconductors and computer chips. The president has also highlighted a recent agreement between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on a bill to reduce drug prices, combat climate change and close corporate tax loopholes.
It is unclear precisely when will resume his travel. When asked about future trips to tout the latest legislative progress, Jean-Pierre on Monday noted that there are no recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding travel after a rebound infection.
