President Biden tested positive for COVID Thursday morning and is reportedly experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House.
The president tweeted he is “doing great” and “keeping busy” Thursday afternoon:
Folks, I’m doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 21, 2022
Keeping busy! pic.twitter.com/uf7AsOg571
The fully vaccinated and twice boosted president is taking Paxlovid, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Biden will isolate at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and “carry out all of his duties by phone this morning, and will participate in his planned meetings at the White House this morning via phone and Zoom from the residence,” Jean-Pierre said.
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The news comes after Biden told reporters Wednesday he had cancer. The White House was quick to say he was “healthy.”
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Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), the former White House physician, has been raising the alarm about the president’s health as rumors swirl that top Democrats want to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Biden’s health has “continuously gotten worse,” Jackson told the “Todd Starnes Show” Tuesday.
Below is the full White House statement:
BREAKING: Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/skpH0zjUPz
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 21, 2022