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Pfizer Chief Govt Officer Albert Bourla mentioned on Monday he had examined optimistic for COVID-19 and was experiencing very delicate signs.
Bourla, 60, mentioned he had began a course of the corporate’s oral COVID-19 antiviral therapy, Paxlovid, and was isolating and following all public well being precautions.
“I'm assured that I'll have a speedy restoration,” Bourla mentioned in a press release.
A number of public figures have examined optimistic for the infectious illness prior to now few months together with President Biden and his chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Biden spent greater than two weeks remoted within the White Home after two bouts with COVID-19, the second occasion is believed to be a “rebound” skilled by some COVID sufferers who take Paxlovid.
Paxlovid is an antiviral treatment that's used to deal with high-risk folks, akin to older sufferers.
Bourla has obtained 4 doses of the COVID vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German associate BioNTech.
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