NEW YORK — The top of the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention has examined optimistic once more for COVID-19.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky had delicate signs Sunday and is isolating at her house in Massachusetts, the CDC mentioned Monday.
Walensky, 53, first examined optimistic on Oct. 21. She took a course of the antiviral capsule Paxlovid, and later examined detrimental. However the signs returned and Walensky is once more in isolation, working and holding digital conferences, the CDC mentioned.
Paxlovid has confirmed efficient at stopping critical illness and loss of life amongst these at highest danger, together with older individuals and those that are immune compromised. However the capsule seems to offer little or no profit for youthful adults. Some who take the drug have skilled a return of signs after finishing Paxlovid’s five-day routine of capsules.
CDC officers mentioned Walensky is updated on her vaccines.
Walensky took over the CDC in January 2021. She is considered one of a number of U.S. well being officers who’ve gotten COVID-19.
