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Biden released from isolation after second negative COVID-19 test

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The President and First Lady will visit Kentucky on Monday.

President Joe Bidenhas been cleared from isolation after testing negative for COVID-19for the second time, his doctor said Sunday. Announced.

An antigen test Biden took on Sunday showed him negative for the second day in a row, White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor wrote a letter allowing Biden to travel. .

"He will return safely to his public engagements and presidential travels," O'Connor wrote in the letter.

Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after experiencing a rebound infection following an initial positive test on July 21.

PHOTO: President Joe Biden waves as he walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on his way to his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home after his most recent COVID-19 isolation, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

President Joe Biden sits on the Marine Park on the south lawn of the White House in Washington. Waving as he walks to board the One, his recent COVID-19 isolation, Sunday, August 7, 2022.

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Initial symptoms included mild symptoms such as low-grade fever, cough and sore throat. He was quarantined at the White House and completed a five-day course of Paxlovid, an antiviral treatment for people with mild to moderate symptoms who are considered at high risk for severe illness.

After treatment, Biden's test results were negative. But in what O'Connor described as an example of a "rebound positive" from Pax Lovid's course, the president tested positive again on July 30.

Some patients taking paxlobid may test positive again after completing a course of treatment, but such cases are rare. Patients with high HIV have a dramatically lower risk of hospitalization due to the virus.

Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, traveled to Kentucky on Monday to visit families affected by the state's devastating floods that have killed at least 37 people.

The visit will be Biden's first engagement since his diagnosis of COVID-19.

Alexandra Hutzler and Molly Nagle of ABC News contributed to this report.

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