Biden improving but taking additional medication to treat Covid, White House doctor says

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(CNN)President Joe Biden's Covid-19 symptoms "have improved," his physician said Friday, but the President has taken additional medications to address his temperature and cough. Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a letter that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Thursday evening, which was treated with Tylenol. He is also being treated with an albuterol inhaler "that he uses as needed," O'Connor said, as well as "oral hydration." His temperature has remained normal since then," O'Connor wrote.

Biden's symptoms continue to be a runny nose and fatigue. The President had a dry cough earlier Thursday, but he now has "an occasional non-productive, now 'loose' cough," O'Connor wrote. The President continues to take Paxlovid, Pfizer's antiviral drug. O'Connor confirmed that Biden has stopped using previously prescribed medications Crestor and Eliquis "during Paxlovid treatment and for several days after his last dose." O'Connor reiterated in his Friday letter that he anticipates "that (Biden) will respond favorably," to treatment.

Biden will continue to isolate and be monitored "closely" by the White House medical unit. hite House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha also told John Berman on CNN's "New Day" earlier Friday that Biden's symptoms remained mild as of Thursday night, suggesting that the President's symptoms were "basically the same." "I got an update last night at 10:00 p.m. and he was doing just fine," he said. Jha added that he would touch base with the White House medical team and speak with the President "directly this morning."

"The symptoms were basically the same -- again, he's got a little runny nose, he's got a bit of a dry cough," Jha said. Asked again whether any of Biden's symptoms were getting worse, Jha told CNN, "Nope. As of 10:00 p.m. last night, no. It was the same symptoms, about the same level of mildness." Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday morning, becoming the second US president to contract the virus during the two-and-a-half year pandemic. In a video posted to Twitter, Biden told Americans that he is "doing well" and that he was continuing to work while in isolation at the White House.

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