Aug 24, 2022 - Health

Jill Biden tests positive for "rebound" COVID

Ivana Saric

Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn — Joe Biden and Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 8. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday tested positive for a rebound case of COVID-19, but is experiencing "no reemergence of symptoms," according to a statement from her office.

The big picture: The first lady first tested positive last Tuesday and experienced cold-like symptoms before testing negative on Sunday.

She has reinitiated isolation measures, the statement said.

President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Wednesday, per a White House pool report.

Biden himself recently recovered from a multi-week spell with the virus that also included a rebound diagnosis.

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