Biden tests negative for COVID-19 twice, ending isolation at the White House
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Washington — President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 twice and will end his isolation at the White House Wednesday, physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said.
Mr. Biden's two negative tests — the first on Tuesday evening and the second Wednesday morning — come after he tested positive for COVID-19 last week and began a course of Paxlovid, an antiviral drug. O'Connor said in a letter released by the White House that the president completed his five-day course of the treatment 36 hours ago and completed five full days of isolation as of Wednesday morning.
"Back to the Oval. Thanks to Doc for the good care, and to all of you for your support," Mr. Biden tweeted, with a photo of his negative at-home test.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.