{"id":2022547,"date":"2023-09-05T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-to-don-mask-after-first-ladys-positive-test\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:55:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:55:18","slug":"biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-to-don-mask-after-first-ladys-positive-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-to-don-mask-after-first-ladys-positive-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden tests negative, wears mask after First Lady&#8217;s positive test."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-to-don-mask-after-first-ladys-positive-test%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>President Biden to Wear\u2063 Mask Indoors\u200b Despite Negative COVID-19 Test<\/h2>\n<p>President \u2062Joe Biden tested\u2064 negative for COVID-19\u200c but will\u2062 start \u200cwearing a \u200dmask inside as part of\u2062 a cautious \u200bapproach, \u2063the White House said on Sept.\u200d 5.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSince the \u200cpresident was with the first lady yesterday, he will \u200bbe\u200b masking while indoors \u2062and \u200daround people,&#8221; press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/white-house-holds-press-briefing-after-first-lady-tests-positive-for-covid-19-post-5486107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> in Washington, \u2063citing guidance\u200b from the U.S. Centers for \u200cDisease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;He&#8217;s going to be very\u200b cautious, he&#8217;s going to wear\u2063 a mask,&#8221;<\/strong> Ms. Jean-Pierre added later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/white-house-holds-press-briefing-after-first-lady-tests-positive-for-covid-19-post-5486107\">White \u200bHouse \u200dHolds Press Briefing After First Lady Tests Positive for COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/5\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/first-lady-jill-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-post-5486196\">First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/4\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The CDC \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/your-health\/if-you-were-exposed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> that people who are\u2063 exposed to \u200dCOVID-19 should wear a mask as soon as\u2063 they find out. They should keep wearing a\u2064 mask and\u2064 taking other precautions up to 10 days after the exposure even if they test negative, the public health agency recommends.<\/p>\n<p>First\u200b Lady \u2064Jill Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/first-lady-jill-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-post-5486196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tested positive<\/a> for COVID-19 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden tested negative on Monday and \u2062Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Both the president, 80,\u200b and the first \u2062lady,\u200c 72, are in one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tests-negative-for-covid-19-to-don-mask-after-first-ladys-positive-test\/\" title=\"Biden tests negative, wears mask after First Lady's positive test.\">highest-risk categories due<\/a> to their age. On the other hand, COVID-19 metrics are at near-lows even with recent upticks in cases and\u2063 hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p>Ms.\u2063 Biden, who was with her husband\u200c in Florida on Saturday,\u200b is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-1st-confirmed-omicron-variant-case-in-u-s-found-in-california\/\" title=\"Fauci: 1st Confirmed 'Omicron Variant' Case in U.S. Found in California\">experiencing mild symptoms<\/a>,\u2063 the White House said. Ms. Biden will stay in Rehoboth Beach,\u200b Delaware for the\u2064 week.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady \u200cJill Biden depart the White House in Washington en \u2063route to Florida on \u2062Sept. 2, 2023. (Anna Rose \u200dLayden\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>President Biden had\u200b an event scheduled\u200d for later Tuesday. \u200dHe was slated \u2063to award\u2062 the\u2062 Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor, who was\u200d an Army pilot during the Vietnam \u2064War.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Taylor \u2064carried \u200bout a risky\u2064 maneuver to\u2063 rescue members \u2064of his\u2062 team in\u2062 1968.<\/p>\n<p>President \u200bBiden\u2063 is also preparing for a \u200btrip to the G20 \u200bsummit in India. He\u200c is currently scheduled to depart on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The White House declined to say whether a positive test\u2062 would \u200cprompt the\u200b cancellation \u200bof the president&#8217;s \u200ctrip.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2063 and government officials traveling with him will all test before \u2064the trip.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden\u200c will\u2063 be tested &#8220;on a regular cadence\u200b determined by his physician,&#8221; Ms. \u2062Jean-Pierre said. She would not \u2062say\u200d how\u200b often he would \u200bbe tested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">President Biden \u2063and Ms. \u2064Biden have\u200b received \u2062a COVID-19 vaccine\u200c and\u200b multiple boosters, but the shots \u200dhave proven\u200d increasingly ineffective at combating\u2062 infection and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/covid-vaccinated-more-likely-to-be-hospitalized-cdc-data-5335428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">severe illness<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>COVID-19 vaccines in Washington\u200d on Dec. 14, 2020. (Jacquelyn\u200b Martin\/AFP via Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Regulators\u200c are \u200dpoised to clear a new slate of shots \u2062this \u200cmonth to \u2064try to stem the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lack of clinical trial \u200cefficacy\u200b data and no \u200cpublicly released review\u200c from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the White House has said the vaccines are safe\u2062 and effective.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. health officials have scheduled a meeting on vaccine recommendations\u2062 on \u2063Sept. 12,\u2064 signaling a \u2063decision is \u200bcoming before then.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/biden-likely-to-recommend-everyone-get-new-covid-19-vaccine-5480935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> recently\u200c that\u200b his administration would \u2063likely \u200crecommend that\u200b everyone\u200b receive one of the forthcoming vaccines, even those who have received multiple \u200bdoses.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Chinese leader Xi Jinping \u2062enters\u2063 the \u200cAPEC Economic Leaders Sustainable Trade\u200d and Investment meeting\u200c in Bangkok on \u200bNov. 19, 2022. (Lauren DeCicca\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<h2>China<\/h2>\n<p>Reports \u200csuggest China&#8217;s leader, Xi Jinping, is planning on skipping the summit in India.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jake Sullivan, the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-sullivan-says-russian-black-sea-interference-could-be-enormous-diplomatic-cost\/\" title=\"Jake Sullivan warns of significant diplomatic consequences due to Russian interference in the Black Sea.\">national \u200bsecurity adviser<\/a>, \u2062said\u2063 Tuesday that China could &#8220;come in and play the\u200d role of \u200ca\u200c spoiler&#8221; but \u2063that other members plan to \u2064encourage the country\u2064 to \u2062&#8221;set aside geopolitical questions&#8221; and\u200b help members figure out solutions to problems.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin \u200dis also \u2063expected to miss\u2064 the\u200d meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sullivan said\u200b it would be difficult to \u2063get a\u2062 consensus \u200bon the Russia\u2013Ukraine war, \u2062especially given \u200bthat Russian \u200brepresentatives\u200b will be\u2063 attending\u2062 the summit. But he said that most members of the United Nations General Assembly view the war as\u200d an illegal act by\u200b Russia.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2064in \u2062India, President\u2064 Biden\u200c plans\u200d to \u200bparticipate in a \u2062bilateral meeting\u2064 with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before taking part in summit meetings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our focus is\u200b going to be on delivering for developing countries, making \u200bprogress on \u2064key priorities for the American people\u2014from climate\u2063 to technology\u2014and showing our commitment \u200cto the G20 as a forum that &#8230; can actually deliver,&#8221; Mr. Sullivan \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is also prepared to welcome the African Union as the newest \u200bpermanent member\u2064 of \u2064the \u200dG20.<\/p>\n<p>The G20 is\u200c made up of\u200b wealthy countries in addition to the African Union and the European Union. \u200bOther members include France, Indonesia, Japan,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19, but as a precautionary measure, he will now wear a mask indoors and around others. This decision was made due to his recent contact with the first lady. 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