Biden tests Positive for Covid, has mild Symptoms, isolated at the White House

President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, finally contracting the virus whose control and ultimate defeat he had made a centerpiece of his campaign for the White House.

Biden’s illness, coming after a five-day trip to the Middle East during which he made few efforts to avoid infection, highlights the endurance of a pandemic that has killed millions of people worldwide and upturned the global economy.

Biden, 79, is experiencing mild symptoms and has begun taking Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid treatment for the disease, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. He will isolate at the White House while continuing his duties.
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*** This Wednesday, the head of state and his wife, Jill Biden, received the first lady of Ukraine, Yelena Zelénskaya, at the White House. Also present at that meeting were US Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff.