President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is experiencing "very mild symptoms."
Biden, 79, is fully vaccinated, after getting two doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine shortly before taking office, a first booster shot in September and an additional dose March 30.
The president is on Pfizer Inc's antiviral drug cocktail Paxlovid. It has shown to reduce the risk of severe disease by nearly 90% in critical patients.
News of Biden catching Covid came hours after the US President triggered alarm by suggesting in comment that he had cancer.
The US President, who undertook a strenuous trip to the Middle East last week, engaged many leaders in the region, including Saudi prince Mohamme bin Salman.
As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, President Biden established himself as a leader in facing some of our nation's most important domestic issues.
As Vice President, Biden continued his leadership on important issues facing the nation and represented our country abroad.
After his Senate election, tragedy struck the Biden family when his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed, and sons Hunter and Beau were critically injured, in an auto accident.
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