Biden still recovering from Covid, remains out of public view

Biden also plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week

Biden announced in a letter on social media on Sunday that he would end his re-election campaign. (Photo: PTI)

AP Rehoboth Beach (USA)

President Joe Biden’s “symptoms of Covid-19 have almost completely disappeared,” his doctor said, and the president remained out of public view for the fifth day in a row on Monday.

Biden announced he was ending his reelection campaign in a letter posted to social media on Sunday. He also announced in a statement Sunday that he was endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.

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The president was last seen in public on Wednesday evening, after arriving at a U.S. Air Force base in Dover, Delaware, after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day while campaigning in Las Vegas. He then rode in a motorcade to his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said the president had taken his 10th dose of the Covid drug Paxlovid on Monday morning and was continuing to perform all of his presidential duties.

His symptoms have almost completely resolved. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain absolutely normal, O’Connor wrote. His oxygen saturation remains excellent on room air. His lungs remain clear.

The White House said Biden received separate briefings Monday from homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Both briefings were held virtually.

Biden’s public schedule for the week remains empty as he recovers from the virus, but he did say in his letter Sunday that he plans to deliver an address to the nation this week to discuss his decision to end his candidacy.

Biden also plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week, according to a source familiar with the president’s schedule who was not authorized to comment publicly.