First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19, coming about a month after President Joe Biden initially tested positive for the virus.
“After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications director, said on Tuesday in a statement.
Alexander added that the first lady 71, “tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive.”
The spokeswoman said she was given a course of Pfizer-made Paxlovid, which is known to cause a rebound of symptoms and positivity—even after testing negative. President Biden had tested negative several weeks ago only to return a positive test and a return of symptoms after he took Paxlovid, forcing him into quarantine for about a week….