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Wed. 10:46 a.m.: Biden tests negative for COVID-19, ends ‘strict isolation’

President Joe Biden speaks to reporters July 15 after meetings with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Waldorf Astoria Jeddah Qasr Al Sharq hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Biden is ending his COVID-19 isolation after testing negative for the virus Tuesday and again this morning. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ending his COVID-19 isolation after testing negative for the virus on Tuesday night and again this morning.

That’s according to a letter the White House released this morning from Biden’s physician.

Dr. Kevin O’Connor writes that Biden has completed his course of treatment with the drug Paxlovid and remains free of fever. O’Connor says that given those factors and the pair of negative tests, Biden will discontinue his “strict isolation” measures.

In fact, Biden is scheduled to appear in the White House Rose Garden around midday today.

Biden, 79, tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

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