Biden tests negative for COVID-19, leaves isolation to return to White House

President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday and soon after left isolation to return to the White House.

The president took a Binax rapid antigen test and is negative, his doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said in a letter. Biden’s “symptoms have resolved,” he said. Moments before the negative test was announced, Biden’s motorcade left his Rehoboth Beach home to return to the White House.

The White House had planned for Biden to return Tuesday afternoon, before the official letter from O’Connor that he was COVID-19 free.

O’Connor said that Biden “never manifested a fever” during his infection and that his vital signs “remained normal” and his lungs “clear.” The doctor said he will monitor for any recurrence of illness and keep the White House updated with changes to Biden’s condition.

O’Connor had said on Monday that Biden’s “symptoms have almost resolved completely” and that the president took his 10th dose of Paxlovid.

He has also reiterated throughout the infection that Biden “continues to perform all of his presidential duties” while he was isolating in Rehoboth Beach with COVID-19. Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in a letter on Sunday, while still testing positive for COVID-19, and endorsed Vice President Harris as the new nominee.

Biden tested positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas on Wednesday and he has been isolating at his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home since.