President of the United States, Joe Biden has shown “significant” improvement since Thursday, although he still has Covid-19 symptoms. particularly coughing and hoarseness, the president’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, said in a letter released by the White House on Friday.

“Dry cough and hoarseness are still his main symptoms, but they have improved significantly since yesterday.”– the doctor said in his letter.

Biden is in isolation at his home in Delaware after testing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. while campaigning in Nevada, a key state for the November elections. At the same time, more and more Democrats in Congress are calling for him to drop out of the November elections.

In his letter, the doctor explained that Biden took his fourth dose of the antiviral drug Paxlovid, used to combat Covid-19 symptoms, on Friday morning. The president began treatment on Wednesday, as soon as he was diagnosed.

As noted, pulse, arterial pressure, Breathing rate And The president’s temperature remains “absolutely normal.”

Except, his lungs are still clear Blood tests were performed and came back normal, ruling out any type of anemia or signs of bacterial infection.

O’Connor explains that Biden took a PCR test on Thursday to confirm he had Covid-19.after he had already tested positive in another test on Wednesday, and indicated that it had not yet been determined which variant of the virus the president was suffering from.

Biden, 81, is the oldest president in US history. and if he wins the November election, he will leave office with 86. He has already contracted the virus twice in the summer of 2022, first becoming infected and then suffering a relapse.

His infection comes at a time when pressure is renewed on him to end his election campaign. About thirty members of Congress have publicly asked Biden to drop out of the presidential race, and several today publicly asked Biden to “pass the baton,” increasing pressure on the president.

In recent hours, Biden has seen his support among key party figures weaken, according to reports Thursday Washington PostEx-president Barack Obama (2009-2017) has told his inner circle that Biden should “seriously reconsider” the future of his candidacy.

He The call for his departure came after the June 27 debate against Trump.in which Biden showed off his aging image and had difficulty finishing some sentences.

EFE