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The president’s temperature reached 99.4 on Thursday evening, but his symptoms remain mild

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Updated July 22, 2022 at 3:08 p.m. EDT|Published July 22, 2022 at 12:03 p.m. EDT
President Biden delivers remarks virtually during his meeting with his economic team to discuss lowering gas prices in the South Court Auditorium of the Executive Office Building on July 22, 2022. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
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President Biden’s temperature rose on Thursday evening after testing positive for the coronavirus but his symptoms have been improving, his physician said Friday, as White House officials signaled that his bout with the coronavirus is likely to be short and mild.

Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Thursday evening, his physician Kevin O’Connor said in a letter released Friday, but his temperature has remained normal since taking Tylenol. The president still has a runny nose, fatigue and a dry cough, O’Connor said, and is responding well to the antiviral Paxlovid.