Biden Leaves White House for 1st Time in Weeks Amid COVID-19 Rebound

U.S. President Joe Biden walks along the South Lawn of the White House to Marine One for a trip to Delaware on Aug. 7, 2022 in Washington. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

President Joe Biden was officially cleared to emerge from isolation on Aug. 7 after he tested negative for COVID-19 for the second day in a row, according to his physician.

“This morning, the president’s SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing was negative for a second consecutive day,” White House physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in an Aug. 7 memo (pdf), referring to COVID-19. “He will safely return to public engagement and presidential travel.”