The White House announced on Monday that Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19.
Jill Biden’s spokeswoman said in a statement “This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19. She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms. She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.”
Jill was previously vaccinated and boosted several times for Covid but it appears it was to no avail.
In a separate statement, the White House announced Joe Biden did not test positive for Covid.
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Here’s what CNN reported:
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 Monday, the White House announced.
“This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19. She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms. She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware,” the first lady’s spokesperson Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement.
President Joe Biden, 80, tested negative, according to the White House.
An administration official told CNN Monday that there are no changes to White House Covid protocols or to the president’s schedule at this time.
The diagnosis of the first lady, 72, comes amid a busy week for Joe Biden, who delivered a Labor Day speech in Philadelphia earlier in the day. The president is scheduled to present the Medal of Honor to an Army captain in a White House ceremony Tuesday before departing for the G20 Summit in India on Thursday.
NEW: First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19.
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🚨 BREAKING: Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19
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Per USA Today:
WASHINGTON − First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday while President Joe Biden remains negative for the virus, the White House said.
The first lady is “currently experiencing only mild symptoms,” her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. Jill Biden is remaining at the Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where the first couple was staying over Labor Day weekend.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden was administered a COVID test Monday evening following the first lady’s positive test and that he tested negative. Jean-Pierre, in a statement, said the president will “test at a regular cadence this week and monitor for symptoms.”
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