Joe Biden tests positive for COVID

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US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19.

According to the White House, he is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation.

Biden, 79, has a runny nose, fatigue and an occasional dry cough, White House physician Kevin O'Connor said in a memorandum made public.

"He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing very mild symptoms," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre added in a statement.

Multiple members of Biden's administration and other senior figures in Washington have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent months, including Vice President Kamala Harris in April, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

All have since tested negative and resumed working.

Biden is tested regularly for the disease and anyone who meets with him or travels with him is tested beforehand, the White House has said.

His predecessor, Donald Trump, contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized for three nights in October 2020.

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