Joe Biden continues to improve after Covid-19, says physician

Bloomberg

President Joe Biden continues to improve with mild symptoms as he isolates with Covid-19 at the White House.
White House physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo on Saturday that the president — who is being treated with Pfizer Inc.’s drug Paxlovid — is “responding to therapy as expected.” “His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain entirely normal,” though Biden now has body aches among his symptoms, O’Connor said in the note. “His lungs remain clear” and he’s “experiencing no shortness of breath at all,” the doctor said.
The 79-year-old president’s symptoms for the last two days were runny nose, fatigue and an occasional “loose” cough. O’Connor also said preliminary sequencing results show that Biden “most likely” was infected with the BA.5 variant that’s the prevalent one in the US right now.
Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, following a series of foreign and domestic trips where he didn’t adhere to social distancing or other mitigation measures.
During an economic briefing Friday that Biden joined virtually from the residence, he told his advisers with a hoarse voice that he’s feeling “much better than I sound.”
Despite his illness, the president has been maintaining a virtual work schedule, including receiving his daily security briefing and meeting with senior advisers to discuss legislative priorities.