Joe Biden tests positive for Covid 19 and has mild symptoms

Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, said Thursday that President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19.

Covid-19 positive test on Tuesday, followed by negative test on Wednesday. Biden will remain isolated at the White House.

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Biden tested positive for Covid-19 Thursday morning and has begun taking Paxlovid, which requires a prescription from a doctor for mild to moderate cases.

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The White House residence staff is preparing for Biden's diagnosis after the vice president and first lady tested negative on Thursday.

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Due to Biden's positive Covid-19 diagnosis, aides at the White House residence will be reduced to a "bare minimum"

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On Thursday, Biden was scheduled to deliver a speech on crime prevention in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A fundraiser for the DNC has not yet been scheduled.

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The White House has been preparing for months for what many saw as an inevitable Biden illness.

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The President's infection occurs just as Covid cases are once again on the rise in the US because of the Covid pandemic.

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In an effort to secure more funding from Congress, the Biden administration is extending the Covid-19 public health emergency.

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