President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to postpone his trip to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington, D.C. for the 75th NATO Summit. The 81-year-old is experiencing \u201cmild symptoms\u201d such as fatigue and congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been vaccinated, boosted, and I\u2019ll be isolating while continuing to carry out my duties,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden said in a video address from the White House, joined by his physician Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is Biden\u2019s second COVID-19 infection since July 2022, and it comes just months before the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said NATO planning meetings will move online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vice President Kamala Harris is ready to handle in-person responsibilities if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biden joked, \u201cThis isn\u2019t my first rodeo with COVID \u2013 I\u2019ll be back on the trail before you can say \u2018malarkey.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given his age, experts are monitoring Biden closely. Dr. Marty Makary of Johns<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hopkins warned, \u201cEven mild cases can present complications at his age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The White House confirmed Biden has been prescribed Paxlovid and will undergo cardiac monitoring as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jill Biden tested negative and has canceled her upcoming trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19 President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to postpone his trip to Washington, D.C. for the 75th NATO Summit. The 81-year-old is experiencing \u201cmild symptoms\u201d such as fatigue and congestion. \u201cI\u2019ve been vaccinated, boosted, and I\u2019ll be isolating while continuing to carry out my duties,\u201d Biden said…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}