Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19, reigniting Democratic debate over his candidacy

Joe Biden, the President of the United States and the Democratic Party’s candidate in the race for the White House, has tested positive for COVID-19 for the third time, which is why he has canceled his speech at the annual conference of the Latin Organization UnitedUSwas held in Las Vegas. The president is now traveling to his home in Delaware to observe isolation and recover.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre explained in a statement that the President of the United States will continue to “perform all of his duties” while in isolation. Likewise, remember that the US President has had all the vaccines against COVID-19, including the booster dose, and it is clear that he is only experiencing mild symptoms.

The statement adds a note from Joe Biden’s doctor. In it, he explained that the President of the United States presented, this Wednesday afternoon, some symptoms of illness such as a runny nose and cough. “Since he did not feel better, he took a COVID-19 test and the test results were positive,” he indicated, adding that Biden would follow the instructions established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States.

Joe Biden received a dose before isolating himself at his home in the city of Rehoboth paxlovida two-drug antiviral medication (nirmtetravir and ritonavir) used to treat COVID-19 in adults who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at high risk of developing severe illness. “His symptoms remain mild, his respiratory rate is within normal parameters, at 16 expirations per minute; his temperature, 36.5 °C, is normal and his blood oxygen saturation is normal, 97% according to oximetry. Pulse,” the president of the United States doctor explained in the statement.

With this, andThis is the third time Joe BidenThe oldest president in the history of the presidents of the United States, testing positive for covid. The first time was on July 21, 2022 with “very mild symptoms”. The second, on July 31, just two days after he was discharged and underwent a control PCR test.

The US President posted on his ‘X’ social network account, “This afternoon I tested positive for COVID-19, but I feel well and I appreciate the support I have received from around the world,” where he assured that he would comply with the isolation until his recovery without neglecting his duties. “I will remain in isolation while I recover. In the meantime, I will continue to work for the American people,” Biden said in his first message after testing positive for COVID-19.

Withdrawal “if you have a medical condition”

Joe Biden’s new Covid positive test comes at a time when many voices in the Democratic Party have called for him to withdraw his candidacy in the White House race, in which he would again clash with Donald Trump and not consider him an ideal candidate after his failure in the presidential debate against his Republican rival last month. In addition, several US media outlets have reported on the progress of an interview Bet News In which he has said that if any doctor tells him that he has any disease then he will reconsider his candidature for the post of President.

“If a medical situation arises, if the doctor comes to tell me that I have this or that problem,” Biden responds to the question of what situations would force him to reconsider his permanence in the electoral race for the White House. After pressure within the Democratic Party to concede and several refusals, this is the first time that Biden has left the door open to the possibility of resigning.

Just on Wednesday, influential Democratic Representative Adam Schiff from California publicly called on Biden to withdraw his candidacy. Although 20 congressmen have already spoken out against him, according to the portal, the Democratic National Committee plans to announce his official nomination in the first week of August. Political,

In the interview, Biden also acknowledged that he had said in 2020 that “he was going to be a transitional candidate” and that for these presidential elections he would hand over the reins to someone else: “I think the only thing you gain with age is that I think I’ve shown that I know how to work for the country and I don’t want to give it up,” said the US president.

The criticism against Joe Biden has worsened in the past two weeks after, during the NATO summit in Washington, he mentioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by name alongside his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. At the press conference following the Atlantic Alliance meeting, in which it celebrated its 75th anniversary, the President of the United States mistook Kamala Harris for Donald Trump.

The White House medical team, led by Dr. Kevin O’Connor, described the current president in an annual medical report done in February, saying that Biden is “a healthy, active, and robust 81-year-old man who remains in good health and continues to “perform the functions of the President, including those of head of government, head of state, and commander in chief.”