President Joe Biden on Nov. 15 skipped a dinner and event he’d been scheduled to attend after an official he met with earlier in the week tested positive for COVID-19.
Biden, in Asia for a Group of 20 summit and other events, opted against attending the G20 gala dinner with Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, and other world leaders.
Biden had also been scheduled to attend what was described as a cultural event after the dinner.
The choice came after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, with whom Biden met over the weekend, tested positive for COVID-19.
“It’s not COVID. He just had spent a full day in meetings and needed to attend to a few things tonight (nothing urgent!). He spoke to Widodo to send his regrets about missing the dinner and Widodo said it was not an issue and looks forward to seeing him at the mangrove thing tomorrow,” a White House official said….