Jill Biden Quarantine Set To End After Negative Test

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 30, 2022, First Lady Jill Biden watches as Marine One, carrying US President Joe Biden, lands on the South Lawn of the White House upon Biden's return to Washington, DC. - First Lady Jill Biden will remain at a private residence in South Carolina after testing positive for Covid-19, according to a statement released by the First Lady's communication director on August 16, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 and will leave South Carolina – where she had isolated since vacationing with Joe Biden – and rejoin the president at their Delaware beach home, her office said Sunday.

The White House announced on Tuesday that the first lady, 71, who like her husband has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, had tested positive for the coronavirus. She first had symptoms on Monday.

The President, 79, recovered from a rebound case of the virus on 7 August.

Jill Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and isolated at the Kiawah Island vacation home for five days before receiving negative results from two consecutive Covid-19 tests, spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said. Jill Biden planned to travel to Delaware later Sunday.