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Doctor: Biden's COVID symptoms return, in 'good spirits'

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President Joe Biden's 鈥渓oose cough鈥 has returned as he faces a rebound case of COVID-19, his doctor said Tuesday, though he 鈥渃ontinues to feel well.
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President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President Joe Biden's 鈥渓oose cough鈥 has returned as he faces a rebound case of COVID-19, his doctor said Tuesday, though he 鈥渃ontinues to feel well."

White House physician Kevin O鈥機onnor provided the update on the president's condition as he continues to test positive for the virus. He said Biden 鈥渞emains fever-free," and that his temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation 鈥渞emain entirely normal.鈥

Still, Biden is required to remain in isolation through at least Thursday under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines 鈥 and perhaps longer under tougher White House protocols if he continues to test positive.

Biden's rebound case 鈥 labeled such because he tested positive on Saturday just three days after being cleared from isolation during his initial bout of the virus with two negative tests last Tuesday and Wednesday 鈥 has left him eager to return to a normal schedule.

During his first go-around with the virus, Biden, 79, was treated with the antiviral drug Paxlovid, and his primary symptoms were a runny nose, fatigue and a loose cough, his doctor said at the time.

The Associated Press