boosted. let s get back over to the white house to get an update from cnn s jeremy diamond. jeremy, what is the latest you re hearing? reporter: we just received a letter from joe biden s physician, dr. kevin o connor, confirming the news that the white house put out, saying that joe biden has tested positive for covid. he writes that the president tested positive this morning as part of our routine screening program. he says he tested positive on an antigen test that was confirmed via pcr testing. he confirmed what we reported on air just last hour, which is that the president is experiencing mild symptoms, including runny nose, fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which he said started yesterday evening. i spoke to dr. jha, the white house s coronavirus coordinator. he said the president last night went to bed feeling mostly fine but did not sleep well and tested positive this morning. dr. o connor, the president s physician, is writing here that the president is fully
that includes a runny nose, some fatigue, and the occasional dry cough. again, this is according to president biden s doctor. and he is being prescribed paxlovid. this is the antiviral medication that is said to be more effective if you take it as soon as you test positive. again, this is a medication that the president is going to be on. we, obviously, also know that he is going to be isolating for the time being. that means that he is not going to be seen in public. we ve certainly not seen him today. but earlier today, we did see the first lady, dr. jill biden, and this is what she said about his her husband s condition right now. my husband tested positive for covid. i talked to him just a few minutes ago. he s doing fine. he s feeling good. i tested negative this morning. i am going to keep my schedule. i am, according to cdc guidelines, i am keeping masked. and so, i would like to go in and see the program here, learning loss as an educator means a lot to me. so, th
visit to jerusalem. let s watch. president biden: i was making a speech and i had a terrible headache. excuse me, a terrible headache, and sorry. i had a terrible headache. this was years ago. i did a very stupid thing. harris: so again, the president struggling a bit there. the white house doctors announced they do not believe his symptoms from covid began before yesterday. that was last friday what we showed you. just for perspective. and yesterday he traveled to massachusetts where he announced executive action on climate change. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house. jacqui, all of that recent travel and exposure and also questions about who got exposed to him now that the white house hopefully can answer questions when they talk with the nation live from the white house press briefing room coming up later. that s right. we ll hear from the press secretary and also the white house doctor this afternoon. we weren t slated to have a briefing today. the presiden
white house has that biden went from feeling bad and fine but didn t go to sleep well before he went to bed. his positive covid test results came this morning. he is experiencing mild symptoms appear they release a statement, this morning president biden tested covid-19 and vaccinated twice and boosted with mild symptoms. he has been taking paxlovid with cdc guidelines. purity what isley at the white house. he will continue to carry out his duties fully during that time. the president is in our prayers, obviously, this is a very serious thing. dr. nicole saphier, given in a different state than we were 2020 with president trump and covid but it is scary to hear the president of the united states is isolating. i did hear next reactions are layer on fox for the paxlovid. that is we had dr. mccreary save perhaps follow up with covid after paxlovid where i heard another doctor say otherwise, what would you recommend for the president at this point? that is what is going to ha