President Joe Biden is testing negative for COVID-19 despite having a chesty cough that repeatedly disrupted his speech celebrating the bipartisan passage of a $280 billion bill investing in the country’s manufacturing and technology sectors.
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“The president tested negative for COVID yesterday and this morning,” a White House official told reporters Tuesday.
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Earlier, Biden stopped multiple times during his South Lawn address, delivered before signing the CHIPS and Science Act into law, because of the cough, distracting from what has been hailed as a major legislative win. He flew to Delaware last Sunday and Kentucky on Monday after returning two negative tests during the weekend, his first in-person appearances after a second isolation period due to his rebound infection.
“Excuse me,” he said at one point. “I’m going to take another sip of water.”
Biden still struggling with a bad cough. Throat drops and water not helping. pic.twitter.com/hI11DaN6wH
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White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor last provided an update regarding Biden’s health on Sunday, telling press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that he could “safely return to public engagement and presidential travel.”
Biden traveled to Kentucky on Monday.
