Former President Barack Obama revealed on Sunday afternoon that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
“I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama said in a statement on Twitter, adding that he and his wife, Michelle, were “grateful to be vaccinated and boosted.”
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“It’s a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven’t already, even as cases go down,” Obama said.
A source close to Obama said that the former president had tested positive in Washington, D.C., after spending a fair amount of time in Hawaii over the winter, CNN reported.
I just tested positive for COVID. I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise. Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.
It’s a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven’t already, even as cases go down.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 13, 2022
Obama has been a supporter of coronavirus vaccinations, teaming up with former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush to do a public service announcement encouraging people to receive a coronavirus vaccine. In November, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Obama teamed up to encourage children to get vaccinated, appearing at a pop-up vaccination site at an elementary school in Washington, D.C.
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To date, the United States has experienced a total of 79,411,749 coronavirus-related cases and 966,218 deaths, according to the New York Times Coronavirus Map and Tracker.
Seventy-seven percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 65% of people are considered to be fully vaccinated.
