Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden adjusts his face mask after participating during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently experiencing “very mild symptoms”, the White House stated early Thursday.
The White House says he’s fully vaccinated and has been boosted twice.
Biden is taking the antiviral medication, Paxlovid, to fight serious COVID symptoms. Biden turns 80-years-old in November.
The President was due to travel to Florida on Monday. There’s no official word yet on the status of that trip.
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Staff Writer, Julianna Caban, contributed to the story.