President Joe Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19

President Biden Has Tested Positive For COVID-19

President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday and is experiencing mild symptoms, according to a White House statement.

Biden, 79, has begun taking Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid treatment for the disease, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, and will isolate at the White House while continuing his duties.

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation’s efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.

 

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that President Biden was experiencing “mild symptoms” and has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease.

She said President Biden “will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time.”

She continued, “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.”

President Biden, 79, is fully vaccinated, after getting two doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shortly before taking office, a first booster shot in September and an additional dose March 30.