The White House on Monday afternoon said that President Joe Biden had close contact with several individuals as he continues to test positive for COVID-19.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed to reporters that six close contacts were reported. She did not identify those people, while adding that Biden has a lingering cough but is not experiencing fatigue, aches, or fever.
“He’s feeling fine,” Jean-Pierre said, adding, “Many of us have had COVID, and they tend to be lingering symptoms, and that’s what I’m talking about.”
After the diagnosis, Biden has been “working eight-plus hours a day,” the press secretary continued. “That is a schedule he continues to keep. Instead of doing it in the Oval Office, he’s doing it in the residence.”
Biden tested positive for the virus again on Saturday after several days of negative tests. His doctor, White House physician Kevin O'Connor said that the second positive test was due to him taking the Pfizer-made drug Paxlovid.
