US President Joe Biden has tested positive for corona, according to the Reuters news agency.
– US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “very mild symptoms”, the White House said on Thursday.
Now the White House reports that they are working to map all the president’s close contacts.
Biden has been put in isolation and will work from there until he tests negative.
– He has been in contact with members of the White House staff by phone this morning, and will participate in his planned meetings in the White House this morning via phone and Zoom from the residence, they write in a press release.
According to the American website Bloomberg the president is fully vaccinated with two booster doses and NTB writes that it is the first time the 79-year-old has tested positive for the virus.
The White House reports that Biden has started taking Paxlovid, a drug to treat corona.
The American president has recently been on a trip to Saudi Arabia to discuss oil prices and oil production after the war in Ukraine and the US’s role in the region.
He also met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Israel, where he was later heavily criticized after shaking hands with the Crown Prince.
– The president’s last previous test for COVID was Tuesday, when he had a negative test result, writes the White House.
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