First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID, White House confirmedwhile the president tested negative in the last test applied.
“Tonight, the first lady tested positive for COVID. “She is currently only experiencing mild symptoms,” said Elizabeth Alexander, Jill’s communications director, so she is expected to remain at her home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware..
For its part, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre indicated that Biden has tested negative in another COVID test that was taken tonight after his wife tested positive.
According to the spokesperson, the president will be tested regularly this week and will be alert in case he experiences symptoms.
Biden intends to leave on Thursday for New Delhi to participate in the G20 leaders’ summit, which takes place between September 9 and 10, and from there he plans to go to Vietnam.
President Joe Biden previously tested positive for COVID, on July 21, 2022, but only experienced “very mild symptoms,” the White House said at the time.
At that moment, Biden was fully vaccinated, including two booster shots. He was given the antiviral drug Paxlovid.
Biden then tested positive again on July 30, 2022, just a week after his first coronavirus attack.
President Joe Biden traveled from the first couple’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach to Philadelphia to mark Labor Day on Monday morningwhile Jill Biden stayed in Rehoboth Beach.
Jill Biden’s infection occurs amid an increase in cases in the United States, where hospitalizations have risen 31% in the last two weeks, according to federal data.
Source: La Opinion
