WASHINGTON — US first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 just days before President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India, the White House said on Monday (Sept 4). Biden's 72-year-old wife, whose symptoms were described as mild, last had Covid in August of last...
WASHINGTON — US first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 just days before President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India, the White House said on Monday .
"This evening, the First Lady tested positive for Covid-19," her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander, said in a statement. "She will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.""Following the First Lady's positive test for Covid-19, President Biden was administered a Covid test this evening," the White House said. "The President tested negative. The President will test at a regular cadence this week and monitor for symptoms.
But Biden's official week-ahead schedule, released shortly after the announcement of the first lady's diagnosis, showed him travelling to New Delhi on Thursday to attend the G20 summit. Biden is scheduled to fly to Hanoi on Sunday.
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