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Live updates: President Biden tests positive for COVID-19

Rebecca CohenJul 21, 2022, 21:46 IST

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on April 21, 2022.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

  • President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the White House announced.
  • The 79-year-old is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots.

President Joe Biden on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced.

This is the first time he has tested positive for the virus.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that Biden, who tested positive on Thursday morning, is "experiencing very mild symptoms" and "has begun taking Paxlovid," an antiviral drug.

Biden received his first two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December 2020 and January 2021, and received two Pfizer booster shots in September 2021 and March 2022, making his case a so-called breakthrough infection.

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Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is fully boosted and vaccinated. Just 22.7% of Americans his age have kept up to date with their shots.

US President Joe Biden touches his face mask as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland on April 14, 2022.Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Biden tests positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing 'very mild symptoms'

President Joe Biden speaks on Earth Day at Seward Park in Seattle, Washington, on April 22, 2022.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
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