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The White House said that President Joe Biden had tested positive for Covid-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms.
The president is in Massachusetts.
According to the statement from the press secretary, Biden received two booster shots after being fully vaccined.
The White House said that the president began a regimen of Paxlovid.
Biden is the first person to have a Covid infections.
According to the White House, Biden attended virtual meetings Thursday and plans to work through the problem.
The office of the first lady told reporters that she tested negative for Covid on Thursday and will continue her travel schedule.
The White House said that Biden tested negative for Covid on Tuesday. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is one of several officials who have tested positive for coronaviruses. Donald Trump stayed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland after contracting Covid while in office.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that people between the ages of 75 and 84 face an eight times greater risk of hospitalization and a 250 times greater risk of death from Covid compared to 18 to 29 year olds. The covid vaccine improves health outcomes. According to Pfizer data, higher-risk Covid patients who took Paxlovid saw a reduction in deaths and hospitalizations.
According to the FDA, pharmacists can prescribe Pfizer's anti-viral Paxlovid.
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