The President of the United States, Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 again Tuesday however, he will have to wear a mask out of precaution after First Lady Jill Biden contracted a mild case of the disease, the White House has confirmed.
The 80 year old President, also tested negative during a check-up on Monday and is ‘not experiencing any symptoms,’ Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
However, because he was with his wife on Monday ‘he will be masking while indoors and around people’ in alignment with government health guidance, she said. ‘The president will remove his mask when sufficiently distanced from others indoors and while outside as well.’
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Jean-Pierre wouldn’t give further details on Biden’s masking plans for the G20 summit in New Delhi later this week or for alternative arrangements in case he tests positive for Covid ahead of or during the foreign trip.
“The president certainly is going to test on a regular cadence,” she said.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Jill Biden, 72, is experiencing “only mild symptoms,” her office said, and will remain at the couple’s private home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. She last tested positive for Covid a year ago.
The United States has been experiencing a rise in Covid cases and hospitalizations in recent weeks.
Biden had over the weekend surveyed the destruction caused by Hurricane Idalia in the state of Florida but did not meet with Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential rival, who opted not to come.
After conducting an aerial tour of Live Oak, a hamlet severely damaged by Idalia, and hearing from local leaders and first responders, Biden on Saturday offered assistance and sympathy to those affected.
He observed buildings with trees that had fallen on them and asserted that no “intelligent” person could deny the existence of climate change.