Biden condition has 'improved' since Covid diagnosis: W.House doctor
President Joe Biden's symptoms "have improved" and his key vital signs including blood pressure remain normal, his White House physician said Friday a day after the 79-year-old US leader tested positive for Covid.
Isolating at the White House, Biden has posted on social media several times since his diagnosis that he is feeling "good" and continuing to perform his presidential duties.
"His symptoms have improved," doctor Kevin O'Connor wrote in a memorandum to the White House press secretary.
Although Biden was continuing to experience a runny nose, cough and fatigue, his pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation "remain entirely normal," according to O'Connor.
While his temperature rose slightly Thursday night to 37.4 degrees Celsius, Biden was treated with acetaminophen and his temperature has since remained normal, the physician said.
"The president is tolerating treatment well," including the antiviral pill Paxlovid, used to minimise the severity of Covid-19.
The highly-transmissible Omicron BA.5 subvariant is currently fueling a new Covid wave in the United States -- where hospitalizations have doubled in recent months.
While Biden is reported to be in good general health, as the oldest US president ever elected his age heightens concern over the impact of Covid.
Biden will keep isolating in accordance with guidelines from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and his medical team will "continue to monitor him closely."
