United States President Joe Biden has tested positive for Coronavirus during a campaign trip to Las Vegas on Wednesday, the White House said.
The 81-year-old Biden, the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, said, is experiencing “mild symptoms” and will be travelling to his vacation home in Delaware “where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time.”
Jean-Pierre announced the positive test for Biden after the president of UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights organisation, said Biden would not be able to speak at a scheduled event due to the diagnosis.
“He is vaccinated and boosted and experiencing mild symptoms,” Jean-Pierre said.
Minutes after the announcement, the president’s motorcade was on the move from taping a radio interview in Las Vegas to the Las Vegas airport. The president was returning to Delaware to self-isolate, the White House said.
Biden had just greeted a couple of dozen people at a Mexican restaurant prior to going behind closed doors for the interview. When Biden was late for the start of the UnidosUS event, the organiser announced he had tested positive.
Biden spent two nights in Vegas on the campaign trail.
