Pfizer CEO Tests Positive for COVID, Says Has Very Mild Symptoms

Reuters2022-08-15

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said on Monday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing very mild symptoms.

Bourla said he had started a course of the company's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, and was isolating and following all public health precautions.

Paxlovid is an antiviral medication that is used to treat high-risk patients, such as older people.

Bourla has received four doses of the COVID vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech .

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