President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, the White House confirmed in a statement on Thursday.
Biden, 79, has received a total of four vaccine doses, including two booster shots, according to a brief statement issued by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in confirming the positive test.
“This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing very mild symptoms,” she said. “He has begun taking Paxlovid,” the Pfizer-made drug for COVID-19, the press secretary added.
Thursday’s announcement is the first time Biden contracted the virus. Because of the president’s advanced age, he is considered to be in the at-risk group in terms of developing severe COVID-19….