Biden unfavorable for COVID-19 regardless of speech-disrupting cough

President Joe Biden is testing unfavorable for COVID-19 regardless of having a chesty cough that repeatedly disrupted his speech celebrating the bipartisan passage of a $280 billion invoice investing within the nation's manufacturing and expertise sectors.

"The president examined unfavorable for COVID yesterday and this morning," a White Home official instructed reporters Tuesday.

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Earlier, Biden stopped a number of instances throughout his South Garden deal with, delivered earlier than signing the CHIPS and Science Act into legislation, due to the cough, distracting from what has been hailed as a serious legislative win. He flew to Delaware final Sunday and Kentucky on Monday after returning two unfavorable checks in the course of the weekend, his first in-person appearances after a second isolation interval on account of his rebound an infection.

"Excuse me," he mentioned at one level. "I'll take one other sip of water."

White Home doctor Dr. Kevin O'Connor final supplied an replace concerning Biden's well being on Sunday, telling press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that he may "safely return to public engagement and presidential journey."

Biden traveled to Kentucky on Monday.