Biden 'not out of the woods yet' for coronavirus, expert says, despite negative test

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It could be days before Joe Biden and his wife can be sure they were not infected, according to a UC Berkeley infectious disease expert.

before he tested positive — he traveled to Ohio for this week’s debate, Minnesota for a fundraiser and rally and New Jersey for another fundraiser.“So the negative test gives some degree of comfort, though not complete comfort, that he may not have been contagious” Tuesday.

First Lady Melania Trump also was likely to already have been infected during the debate. She and other Trump family members, a violation of health rules established by the Cleveland Clinic for the event. Swartzberg said Biden does not need to quarantine now because he was 12 feet away from Trump during the debate. Still, Biden remains vulnerable because Trump was “screaming frequently” during the event, the physician said.

He said the timing of symptoms experienced by Trump, his wife and aide Hope Hicks suggests they were all infected at roughly the same time and that it was less likely that Hicks infected the president and his wife.“It usually takes on average five and half days before an infected person develops symptoms,” he said

 

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