CASE CONTACT – Joe Biden spent thirty minutes on Friday December 17 with an assistant who contracted Covid-19. The US president tested negative on Monday and will be screened again on Wednesday.
Marius Bocquet –
Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 on Monday, December 20, a few days after coming into close contact with an assistant who tested positive for the virus on Friday, according to the White House. The US president will have to be tested again on Wednesday.
“On Monday morning, a mid-level staff member, who does not have regular contact with the president, tested positive for a COVID-19 test“, specifies the White House in a press release.”Three days earlier, on Friday, this staff member had spent about 30 minutes near the president on Air Force One on the way to Orange, South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pa.“, adds the press release.
The White House would like to reassure and specify that this member of staff is fully vaccinated and has received his booster dose. The latter had also tested negative before boarding Ait Force One, as is required for anyone traveling with the American president. It was not until Sunday that the member of staff began to feel the first symptoms according to the White House, before being tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.
Joe Biden continues his daily schedule
Joe Biden, meanwhile, is regularly screened for antigen testing. It was declared negative on Sunday. On Monday morning, after being informed of the staff member’s positive test, the president this time carried out a PCR test, which was also negative. It will be tested again on Wednesday. The leader of the United States is also fully vaccinated received his booster dose.
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“As CDC guidelines do not require fully vaccinated people to be quarantined after exposure, the president will continue with his daily schedule“, finally announced the press release from the White House.
Biden, who turned 79 in November, is the oldest man to ever be elected President of the United States. Despite his age, he is said to be in good health, according to a recent report from his doctor. On November 19, however, the president had to transfer his powers to his vice-president Kamala Harris, the time to perform a colonoscopy under general anesthesia.
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