Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States, tests positive for COVID-19; her symptoms are mild

2023-09-05 17:13:36

The first lady of the United States, Jill Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House said in a statement on Monday. According to international media reports, the wife of the US president took a test last night and tested positive. For now, she will stay at her residence on the beach in Rehoboth, in the state of Delaware, the White House detailed in a statement.

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While, in another statement, the White House spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, indicated that Biden has tested negative in another covid-19 test that was done tonight after his wife tested positive. According to the spokeswoman, the president will be tested regularly this week and will be attentive in case he experiences symptoms.

An official from the Biden Administration assured the CNN television network that there are no changes in the White House’s COVID-19 protocols or in the president’s agenda for the moment, who will travel to India on Thursday to participate in the Summit of the G20.

Last summer, in August, the first lady tested positive while vacationing in South Carolina. For her part, the president, who at 80 is the oldest president in the history of the United States, tested positive the previous month, in July 2022.

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The first lady had traveled with the US president to Florida on Saturday to inspect the damage caused by Hurricane Idalia. Biden spent part of Labor Day weekend at the Delaware beach house before traveling to a union rally in Philadelphia on Monday and then back to the White House.

Due to his state of health, he was working with school authorities to organize substitute teachers for his classes, the White House said in one of its statements on the matter. In any case, it’s hard to know how many cases there are currently in the United States because many states have stopped counting them.