The White House on Monday afternoon said that President Joe Biden had close contact with several individuals as he continues to test positive for COVID-19.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed to reporters that six close contacts were reported. She did not identify those people, while adding that Biden has a lingering cough but is not experiencing fatigue, aches, or fever.
“He’s feeling fine,” Jean-Pierre said, adding, “Many of us have had COVID, and they tend to be lingering symptoms, and that’s what I’m talking about.”
After the diagnosis, Biden has been “working eight-plus hours a day,” the press secretary continued. “That is a schedule he continues to keep. Instead of doing it in the Oval Office, he’s doing it in the residence.”…