Jill Biden speaks as President Biden looks on at the White House on July 4 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
First lady Jill Biden has ended her period of isolation after testing negative for COVID-19, her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander, said in a statement Sunday.
Driving the news: The first lady tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and experienced mild symptoms.
- Her positive test came less than two weeks after President Biden had recovered from a multi-week spell with the virus.
What they're saying: "After isolating for five days and receiving negative results from two consecutive COVID-19 tests, the First Lady will depart South Carolina later today for Delaware," Alexander said in the statement, CNN reported.