Newsman: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden’s chief medical adviser, has tested positive for Covid-19, the institute said Wednesday. He is being treated with the antiviral medication Paxlovid according to the Institute told news media.
Fauci, 81, has mild symptoms and has been boosted twice, the institute said in a statement. The institute told that NIAID said Fauci found out that he was positive on a rapid antigen test. The director will work from home and follow agency protocol, returning to the National Institutes of Health campus only after he tests negative.
Fauci was scheduled to speak Thursday at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on the status of the federal response to Covid-19 and plans to manage the pandemic. The agency said he will attend by videoconference.
Fauci has not had any close contact with Biden or other senior officials recently, the institute said.
