President Joe Biden tried to test positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, highlighting the industriousness of the profoundly infectious infection as new variations challenge the country's endeavors to continue business as usual following over two years of pandemic interruptions.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden was encountering "gentle side effects" and has started taking Paxlovid, an antiviral medication intended to diminish the seriousness of the infection.
She said Biden "will disengage at the White House and will keep on completing every one of his obligations completely during that time." He has been in touch with individuals from the White House staff by telephone toward the beginning of today and will partake in his arranged gatherings at the White House toward the beginning of today through telephone and Zoom from the home. "
Biden, 79, is wholly immunized, after getting two dosages of the Pfizer Covid immunization in practically no time before getting to work, a first promoter shot in September, and an extra portion on March 30.
State leader Narendra Modi on Thursday wished US President Joe Biden, who has tested positive for COVID, an expedient recuperation.
Earlier in the day, the White House said Biden had tested positive for COVID and was experiencing "very mild symptoms," becoming the second sitting president to be hit by the virus.
This is the first time Biden, 79, has tested positive for COVID.
"My best wishes to @POTUS @JoeBiden for a quick recovery from COVID-19, and prayers for his good health," Modi said in a tweet.
Biden, who is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, has begun taking the COVID pill, Paxlovid. In line with CDC guidelines, President Biden will isolate himself at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during this time, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Biden, 79, is fully vaccinated and twice boosted. He will "continue to work in isolation until he tests negative," consistent with White House protocol, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, describing his symptoms as "very mild."
However, if Biden cannot serve, the Presidential Succession Act stipulates that the presidential line of succession goes down to the heads of Congress and then the president's cabinet. The law, first enacted in 1792 and most recently amended in 1947 at the dawn of the nuclear age, is designed to ensure the peaceful transfer of power in all circumstances. The line of succession includes Vice President Kamala Harris, two members of Congress, and cabinet officials. Third in the line of succession is Sen. Patrick Leahy, 82, a Vermont Democrat and the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is recovering from surgery he had on Tuesday after a hip replacement. The initiatives are intended to rescue US President Joe Biden's weakened climate agenda following a turbulent month. In the United States, 100 million people are reportedly under excessive heat alerts, and in Europe, record temperatures are causing misery. In his address at a former coal power plant in Massachusetts, Biden said: "Climate change... is, not figuratively, a clear and present danger."
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