declines in gasoline prices. though refused to take response ibltsdz for the record high prices that preceded that during the past several month. president spoke remotely one day after his covid diagnosis. though will unanswered questions about his condition. white house correspondent has tonight s update. i apologize for my voice. president antibiotics working eight-plus hours aday with cooperative. officials say. according to his physician, his symptoms have improved. but he did mounts temperature yesterday evening to 99.4 degrees. which responded favorably to tylenol. he did not have fever last night. gave tylenol for discomfort that detail appeared no where in the doctor s letter. his letter described his 99.4 degrees phone fever has being treat tylenol we are hearing from you that he was treated for discomfort.
mentioned and also the briefing that we got today. for the second day in a row from both the white house press secretary and the white house covid coordinator. according to this letter that was released earlier today from his doctor, at the highest point, his temperature yesterday was 99.4 degrees. that s not even a fever. he did take tylenol and his temperature remained in the normal range. we know that he is still feeling some fatigue. he still has a runny nose. his cough, which was dry yesterday, is now a loose cough. that s pretty typical in the course of these things. his voice sounds a little deeper and we saw that in the video that you showed before when we heard a little bit of the president speaking as he met with some of his aides virtually, of course. now, one notable thing that we learned today is that he has been using his inhaler a couple of times, according to doctor jha, who briefed reporters, since he tested positive for covid. you might know that the president did hav
begin to second day of isolation after testing positive for covid-19. so, far the white house says he s feeling only mild symptoms. the president kept his schedule through the end of the week, saluting up self and attending virtual meetings. live at the white house. mora, good morning, can you let us know how is president biden feeling this morning? good morning katie. the last time we saw the president wishing a virtual meeting, as we talk with economic advisers yesterday afternoon. in an effort to talk about bringing down gas prices for americans. you can hear him speak in there, his voice is a little deeper than normal, we saw him coughing several times. the reporter asked molly was, feeling he flashed a big smile and give a thumbs up. to show its energy, we ve heard from the white house has been working eight plus hours a day. we did receive a letter from his doctor yesterday detailing that his symptoms were improving from the initial positive covid test. that temperature had i
white house. this is day two of five days of isolation that the president it looking at here in dc. and doctors continue to say that his symptoms are improving, although we re still waiting for an official update from the white house. what we did learn yesterday is that in addition to that paxlovid antiviral treatment the president was prescribed on thursday following his diagnosis, we learned he s taking additional medications to treat some of the other symptoms. in his letter yesterday, dr. kevin o connor, the president s personal doctor, said he prescribed him tylenol for discomfort after the president had an elevated temperature of 99.4 degrees fahrenheit thursday evening. now, also he said he prescribe him to use his own albuterol inhaler to treat discomfort after coughing, a system he had starting thursday, the white house said. the white house also said he is not using the albuterol inhaler
message. let me start by apologizing for my voice. i m feeling much better than i sound. reporter: his doctor writing that the president still has a runny nose, fatigue and what s now a loose cough. his temperature, that reached 99.4 degrees last night, returned to normal after he took tylenol, and to avoid any interactions while taking paxlovid president biden, we re told, has paused his cholesterol and blood-thinning medications. tonight the white house says that 17 people have been identified as close contacts including vice president harris and the first lady, but none of them has tested positive so far. lester peter alexander, thanks. i m joined now by dr. anthony fauci, president biden s chief medical adviser. dr. fauci, you had your own bout with covid back in june you took the same meds as the president you felt better only to get hit again by a rebounding infection is that a cautionary tale for the president, who is only a couple of years younger than you no, i don t