according to white house officials. they are encouraged by his progress and given that his doctors say that the president s symptoms have improved significantly. they didn t release any new photos of him this weekend, they insist that he likely has the contagious ba.5 subvariant. president biden is starting the week in isolation, five days after testing positive for covid-19. on sunday the white house doctor writing in a letter, the president s symptoms continue to improve significantly. noting, quote, his predominant symptom now is sore throat, as his body clears the virus and is thus encouraging. president s cough and runny nose and body aches have diminished considerable. his lungs are clear though his voice remains deep. that was on display when the white house released a video of mr. biden working last friday.
june being gay pride throughout the world and there were a lot of celebrations and that s where it started. but what people need to do is they need to be careful not to be skin-to-skin with anybody that may have fever, chills, sore throat, that has blisters. and, you know, be careful that way. also, if you are someone that has multiple sex partners, this may be the time, you know not maybe. this is the time to probably cut that back considerably. so it is with human interactions that monkeypox is spread. and it is a very close contact that spreads it. and he added that the designation from the w.h.o. is important in raising awareness about how quickly the virus is spreading, and the need to take action now. the number of global covid cases fueled by the b.a.5 subvariant, you can see on this
sequencing results of the president s covid-19 test indicated he most likely has the highly contagious ba.5 subvariant, which is what most americans who are currently contracting covid in this country are experiencing at the moment. while the president is in isolation here at the white house, first lady jill biden is spending the weekend at their home in wilmington, delaware, where the president was supposed to be this weekend before he contracted covid-19. her spokesperson tells me the first lady has tested negative for the covid-19 earlier today. she is not experiencing any symptoms. but she is a close contact of the president, so that is something they will continue to monitor in the coming days. the first lady is expected to remain in delaware until at least tuesday, which would mark day five of the president s isolation. dr. o connor earlier today said that the president would be isolating according to cdc guidelines, but he will be leaving isolation once he tests negative. but so
SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea s new coronavirus cases remained under 70,000 for the third straight day on Sunday amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant, Yonhap reports.
eight women that have contracted the disease. so, you know, what we are concerned about is this can be spread through contact droplets, so it can be spread through towels and it can be spread through sheets. another thing in the medical community we re worried about is if this gets into the community of sex workers, and that can broaden the spread. so we have a lot to to stop right now, kim, because it can start breaking out of just the men having sex with men community very quickly. yes, as we have seen with other diseases. we ll have to leave it there. appreciate your expertise. thank you for joining us. thank you, kim. the number of global covid cases fueled by the ba.5 subvariant is on the rise. have a look here. you can see on this map the virus is surging, especially in north africa, asia and latin america. health reporter jacqueline howard has more.