STATEMENT: Pres. Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19
BACROUND: For the first time during his term in office. U.S. Pres. Joe Biden has tested positive for the Coronavirus. At 79 years old Pres. Biden is in the high risk category, but plans to continue to work through his isolation period. While many people on his staff who are much younger than him have gotten the virus, he has stayed health util this point. Ther is speculation that the president may have gotten ill during his trip to the Middle East where he was maskless and shared fist bumps with several leaders. The White House says that Vice Pres. Kamala Harris last saw the POTUS on Tuesday. She tested tested negative for COVID. The White House medical team instructed her to wear a mas as a precaution. Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is fully vaccinated and twice booste...