President Biden tests positive for COVID-19, White House announces
President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced on Thursday.
The president is experiencing “very mild symptoms” and has begun taking Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral COVID-19 treatment, the White House spokesperson said.
“Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. “He has been in contact with members of the White House staff by phone this morning, and will participate in his planned meetings at the White House this morning via phone and Zoom from the residence.”
The president is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and has been boosted twice.
White House officials have previously said President Biden is tested at a “regular cadence,” and he last tested negative on Tuesday, July 19.
Biden greeted Ukraine’s first lady at the White House that day and then traveled to Massachusetts on Wednesday, visibly coming in contact with multiple members of Congress, local officials and White House staff.
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, who was with the president on Tuesday, left Wednesday to travel with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona this week for a summer learning tour.
Spectrum News has reached out to the first lady’s office for comment.
Source: White House
