got sick again. to our unpleasant surprise we were positive, that is what happened to myself and doctor ouchi. in the president s case they were doing regular testing and it was noted to be positive although he was having no or minimal symptoms. a speck he will do quite well. the only decision to make is whether to give a second course of paxlovid or leave it as is. thank you so much for your time. let s get some of the day s other news. the russian energy company gazprom says it has suspended gas supplies to latvia, the latest eu country to be hit with such action as tensions continue over ukraine. gazprom accused latvia of violating conditions of purchase, but gave no details of the alleged violation. the eu says russia s squeezing of energy supplies is in retaliation for western sanctions over moscow s invasion of ukraine. the cuban capital havana will begin electricity blackouts next month to deal with the island s worsening energy crisis. other energy saving plans have been announ
pre i m a crown by rents lineages. with the omicron sub variant this may not be so rare. we do not have the exact number, they are still over the place, it could be 20% or 30%. it happened to me personally after going on paxlovid. it happened to make colleague doctor fancy, happened to make colleague doctorfancy, it happened happened to make colleague doctor fancy, it happened to the president. anecdotally it appears to be more common than we were led to understand from the clinical trials and it may be because of these unique omicron sub variant which replicate with high viral loads. replicate with high viral loads, ., ., , replicate with high viral loads. ., ., , ., loads. so paxlovid is an antiviral loads. so paxlovid is an antiviral medicine. - loads. so paxlovid is an antiviral medicine. is i loads. so paxlovid is an i antiviral medicine. is this loads. so paxlovid is an . antiviral medicine. is this a reinfection or a reemergence of the original infection? the original infect
federal response there as well. we are wishing you all the best. chad speaking to us from lexington. thank you so much. severe thunderstorms have also caused chaos in las vegas. a witness recorded this footage of ceiling panels falling down and water pouring into a restaurant as the storms passed over the city. torrential rain caused heavy flooding and thousands of people have been left without power. more bad weather is forecast in the coming hours. president biden has tested positive for covid i9 for a second time and is returning to isolation. but his white house doctor says the president continues to feel quite well . the 79 year old returned the positive test on saturday morning, after four consecutive days of negative results. doctors believe biden is suffering a rare case of rebound positivity experienced by some coronavirus patients. in statement posted on twitter, the president himself says he is feeling fine .
and we don t lose this many people in flooding. this is a real tough one. rescuers fear the search for survivors and bodies could last several weeks. scenes like this are becoming more familiar. this part of kentucky has had flash floods before, but nothing on this scale. we didn t have no time to get nothing out of my little apartment in the basement. i lost everything twice. this makes twice that i ve lost everything. and i ain t the only one. we going to have to have some help, more than what they brung in here the last flood. president biden has declared a disasterfor this area, freeing up funds and equipment to help. but the worst may not be over, with more rain expected early next week. this is, according to experts in kentucky, another glimpse into the future, becoming hotter and wetter due to climate change. peter bowes, bbc news.
drug, that is good news. it looks genetically similar or the same as what the patient originally had. the thinking is right now that what happens is the medicine may not be getting into cells in high enough doses into cells in high enough doses in order to get rid of all of the virus. and that creates a reservoir of virus from the original infection and it literally rebounds, the number of virus starts to replicate again. i think that is probably happening. now the question is what you do do you about it. there are some investigators including the group at the scripps translation research institute that are looking to extend the course of the medicine. currently it is a five day treatment course, perhaps we are going to seven or ten days, that will take care of the problem and hopefully we will have some data about that soon. briefly in regards data about that soon. briefly in regards to data about that soon. briefly in regards to the data about that soon. briefly in regards to t