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President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid, the White House said on Thursday, raising concerns about his immediate health and underscoring the pandemic's ...

Trump has called the story “fake news.” Trump, who repeatedly downplayed the virus and often resisted wearing a mask, was sicker with Covid than was publicly acknowledged at the time, The New York Times reported in February 2021. Biden’s infection is the second time a U.S. president has been personally hit with the virus. He received drugs not widely available at the time, such as Regeneron’s antibody cocktail and the antiviral drug remdesivir, during his three-day stay in the hospital. The announcement of his infection comes as the White House is trying to manage crises on multiple fronts. “They’ve been preparing for this probably for several months now given the percentage of people in the country who have tested positive,” Psaki said. The White House has also consistently battled outside concerns and commentary about Biden’s age and health. The White House has continued to aggressively push for Americans to either get vaccinated or get their booster shots. The extra shots are even more important for adults 50 and older. It also comes just after Biden’s return from a trip to the Middle East and as the highly contagious BA.5 variant has raised concerns about another wave of infections across the globe. Among those was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has been critical of the Covid vaccine. “The schedule will continue as planned.

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Thursday (Jul 21) he was "doing great" after testing positive for COVID-19 at the age of 79, vowing to continue to ...

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Biden, who is fully vaccinated and has received two Covid booster shots, is experiencing "very mild symptoms," 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. Consistent with White House protocol for positive COVID cases, which goes above and beyond CDC guidance, he will continue to work in isolation until he tests negative. The President's last previous test for COVID was Tuesday, when he had a negative test result. He has begun taking Paxlovid. 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. She is considered a close contact to the president, but tested negative for Covid on Thursday and is following CDC social distancing guidelines, her office said. Shortly after, the account posted a video of Biden speaking from a White House balcony.

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the US, has tested positive for Covid-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will ...

He, his wife Melania and other White House staff contracted it after an event for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in September 2020. Fully vaccinated and twice boosted, Biden said he was "doing well" in a video posted on his Twitter account. Vice President Kamala Harris was in close contact with Biden on Tuesday, a White House official said. Biden had last tested negative on Tuesday. "Sometimes the choice to mitigate one thing may elevate risk for something else. "Elderly people are more at risk for developing complications from Covid-19," Farber said.

US President releases video saying he is “doing well”, has “mild symptoms” and is fully vaccinated with two boosters.

His predecessor Donald Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19 in October, 2020 and was briefly hospitalised for the illness. He was then expected to travel to Wilmington, Delaware, where he has a home, for the weekend. The White House says it will provide a daily update on Biden’s status, and will inform anyone who has been in close contact with the president. The president tweeted a photo Thursday saying “I’m doing great. The medic anticipated Biden “will respond favorably” to treatment. The president has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug recommended for those at risk of severe illness.

Chinese President Xi Jinping wished U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday a speedy recovery from Covid, according to state media.

Xi expressed his "deepest sympathies," according to a CNBC translation of the Chinese state media report. BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping contacted U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday to wish the American leader a "speedy recovery" from Covid, according to state media. - Chinese President Xi Jinping contacted U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday to wish the American leader a speedy recovery from Covid, according to state media.

President Joe Biden's Covid-19 symptoms remained mild as of late Thursday and he continues to convalesce at the White House, a top adviser told CNN on ...

You have heard from Dr. O'Connor in the letter. First lady Jill Biden, who is considered a close contact but has tested negative, will stay in Delaware through the weekend and "following (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines," he said. But I'll check in with them (the White House medical unit) this morning, I'll check in with him this morning." Asked again whether any of Biden's symptoms were getting worse, Jha told CNN, "Nope. As of 10:00 p.m. last night, no. "Dr. O'Connor is his personal physician. Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, becoming the second US president to contract the virus during the two-and-a-half year pandemic.

President 'takes reasonable precautions against Covid but does his job', says the White House chief of staff, Ron Klain.

Jean-Pierre said the first lady, Jill Biden, was in close contact with the president, but she declined to discuss others who also might have been exposed, citing privacy reasons. Biden, in a blazer and Oxford shirt, recorded a video from the White House balcony telling people: “I’m doing well, getting a lot of work done. For more than a year, Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds.

Fox News's primetime stars chided Biden for contracting the virus they say he alleged couldn't be caught with a vaccine.

And then heasked why no Secret Service agents were called to testify, conveniently leaving out the part where they submitted a single text message to the committee after deleting all their exchanges from that day. He skewered the committee for not calling the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, or Washington mayor Muriel Bowser to testify about the lack of security at the Capitol while suggesting a slew of crude reinforcements that might’ve kept the mob at bay. Science, and the left’s supposed efforts to monopolize it, was a consistent theme on both Carlson’s and Hannity’s shows. He had Yale School of Public Health epidemiologist Harvey Risch on the show to tout ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as far more effective defenses against Covid – despite considerable medical assertions to the contrary. Carlson opened his hour-long show with a spirited takedown of Biden, scolding him for spreading the virus during his Middle East trip and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for dismissing the question of where the president might have contracted the virus. On Thursday night, as the Congressional hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot drew to a close, Tucker Carlson directed his outrage at a president he felt had lied and was not being held accountable for falsehoods that shook popular faith in the American democratic system.

The 79-year-old president is still showing only mild symptoms, according to his White House physician.

Both were being considered a close contact of the president. This, in turn, allows the immune system to better combat the infection. He has been vaccinated and boosted twice...and is feeling well enough to perform duties from the White House," Dr Fauci added. The president's doctor's assessment was echoed by his chief medical advisor, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr Anthony Fauci, who told CBS that he "fully expects" Mr Biden to "do very well". "There has been nothing in the course of his illness so far which gives me cause to alter that initial expectation," Dr O'Connor said. Dr O'Connor added that he believes that the president - who is fully vaccinated and boosted - "will respond favourably [to the medication], as most maximally protected patients do."