PRESIDENT of the United States (US), Joe Biden, has temporarily suspended his campaign ahead of the election to be held in November after testing positive for coronavirus.
On Wednesday, July 17, Biden was set to speak at the 2024 UnidosUS Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada but pulled out after experiencing ‘mild symptoms’ and informed the organisers that he did not want to put attendees at risk.
According to the White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, the President is vaccinated and has mild symptoms of the disease.
“The President presented this afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms, including rhinorrhea (runny nose) and a nonproductive cough, with general malaise.
“He is vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing mild symptoms. He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time. The White House will provide regular updates on the President’s status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation,” Jean-Pierre stated.
“I was just on the phone with President Biden. And he shared his deep disappointment at not being able to join us this afternoon. The president has been at many events as we all know and he just tested positive for Covid.
“We appreciate very much his wanting to be here – I had a great introduction reminding us of all the actions he’s taken for our community,” Murguía told attendees.
A few hours before he tested positive for the virus, the President had disclosed in an interview that he might reconsider his decision to remain in the presidential race for the upcoming election if he gets diagnosed with any medical condition.
The 81-year-old President has been put under increasing pressure by his party members (the Democrats) to step down from the presidential race after his poor performance at the debate with his opponent, Donald Trump of the Republican party, in June.
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