President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning and is experiencing mild symptoms. StahlCBS3 has more.
The White House also released a photo of him working in the Oval Office.
“Because the president is fully vaccinated, double boosted, his risk of serious illness is dramatically lower,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID responder coordinator, said. “He’s also getting treated with a very powerful antiviral and that further reduces his risk of serious illness.” “You don’t need to do anything in those circumstances,” Jha said. “They both get stopped for the five days he’s on Paxlovid and they get restarted and it’s totally fine and pretty normal practice.”READ MORE:The White House said the president had a negative COVID-19 test on Tuesday.
“He’s doing fine,” the first lady said. “He’s feeling good. I tested negative this morning. I am going to keep my schedule, I am, according to CDC guidelines, I am keeping masked.”The CDC says the country is averaging more than 120,000 cases per day, but since many people are testing at home, the actual number is likely to be much higher.
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