The White House announced that President Biden tested positive for the new coronavirus and will return to Delaware to self-quarantine.
“Earlier today, following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. The result was positive. He has been vaccinated and boosted and is currently experiencing mild symptoms. He will return to Delaware where he will self-isolate and continue to fully perform all duties during this period. The White House will provide regular updates on the president’s status. As he continues to perform the full duties of the office during the quarantine period.
Unlike Trump, President Biden has provided his doctor with detailed information about his condition, “The President this afternoon experienced upper respiratory symptoms, including rhinorrhea (runny nose) and a dry cough, along with general mail.” He Feeling fine during the first event of the day, but given that he was not feeling better, a COVID-19 point-of-care test was performed and the results came back positive for the COVID-19 virus. In light of this, the President will be conducting a COVID-19 test in accordance with the CDC. The symptomatic individual is directed to self-isolate. A confirmatory PCR test will be pending. His symptoms remain mild, his respiratory rate is normal at 16, his temperature is normal at 97.8, and his pulse oximetry is normal at 97%. The president has received the first dose of Paxlovid. He will self-quarantine at his home in Rehoboth.
CDC guidance has changed. If the president’s symptoms ease or disappear, he could return to normal activities quickly. Getting the coronavirus can happen to anyone, but Biden’s latest infection unfortunately comes at a time when a group of congressional Democrats are still trying to talk him out of the presidential race.
Biden should be back on the campaign trail soon, proving the value of the latest vaccinations and boosters.
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Member of Society of Professional Journalists and American Political Science Association
