Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing ‘very mild symptoms,’ White House announces

Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing ‘very mild symptoms,’ White House announces

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced on Thursday. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that Biden, who tested positive on Thursday morning is "experiencing very mild symptoms" and "has begun taking Paxlovid," an antiviral drug. Biden's physician that Biden's symptoms are fatigue, a runny nose, and a dry cough that began Wednesday evening. "The President is fully vaccinated and twice-boosted, so I anticipate that he will respond favorably, as most maximally protected patients do," O'Connor wrote. Biden tested positive to discuss climate change, and four days after returning from an action-packed overseas trip to the Middle East that included meetings with world leaders like Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lipid in Jerusalem and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah. Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative on Thursday, . Harris has spoken with the president. Harris will remain masked "following the advice of the White House medical team." Harris previously had no public events on her schedule for the day. Harris previously recovered from a COVID-19 case this past spring. Biden rode Air Force One to and from New England on Wednesday with Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of