The questions arose a day after Biden’s top medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, tested positive for COVID-19.
Washington:
The White House faced stiff questioning from reporters on Thursday when Joe Biden last tested negative for Covid-19 following a string of positive cases among senior officials with access. President.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly declined to tell reporters when Biden took his final test, saying only that he was following the rhythm once a week.
“He has a regular weekly rhythm. I don’t date,” Jean-Pierre said, declining to explain why she did not give more details, as the White House gave until recently still doing.
“What we usually do is he gets tested weekly and that’s his pace,” she said, although “there was a time when he was tested more than that because we travel. “
When asked if Biden has ever tested positive, she said “no, he hasn’t. Not that I know. We’ll share that.”
NBC News later quoted an unnamed official as saying that Biden tested negative for Covid-19 early Thursday and also on Monday. The White House will not respond to a request to confirm the report.
Biden’s top pandemic adviser, Anthony Fauci, tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, but according to the White House, this is not considered a close contact with Biden.
Earlier this week, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra tested positive.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also revealed on Monday that he had tested positive, his case coming shortly after attending the Regional Summit of the Americas with Biden in Los Angeles.
Other senior officials who regularly reach out to Biden who say they’ve caught Covid this year include Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, CIA Director William Burns and Jean-Pierre.
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