White Property press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is set to keep a press briefing Thursday afternoon with COVID-19 Reaction Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, just hrs following the White Household announced President Biden had contracted the virus.

The announcement arrived one working day right after Biden traveled on Air Power Just one to Massachusetts with top rated administration officers as perfectly as Massachusetts Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, and Reps. Jake Auchincloss and Bill Keating.

Jean-Pierre declared that the president was going through "gentle signs or symptoms" right after tests optimistic for COVID-19.

U.S. White Residence press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks through a day-to-day push briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 15, 2022. 

PRESIDENT BIDEN Tests Favourable FOR COVID-19

"This early morning, President Biden examined favourable for COVID-19. He is totally vaccinated and two times boosted and encountering pretty gentle indicators. He has begun taking Paxlovid. Constant with CDC recommendations, he will isolate at the White Home and will proceed to carry out all of his responsibilities absolutely during that time," she claimed.

Jean-Pierre traveled on Air Pressure One with Biden and the senior officers, but WHD News could not promptly get to the White Residence to validate if she came into shut make contact with with the president.

President Biden clears his throat as he announces new methods necessitating authorities to obtain more produced-in-The usa items during remarks on March 4, 2022.  (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

Dr. Jha instructed reporters that the president went to mattress very last evening feeling great but noted that he did not sleep nicely.

He is going through a runny nose, dry cough and is exhausted. 

The White House reported Biden will go on to do the job when in isolation and will return to in-human being function the moment he assessments adverse. 

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Freshly appointed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre retains her initially news convention in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White Household on May 16, 2022 in Washington, DC.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Illustrations or photos)

Jean-Pierre stated that "for each common protocol for any favourable scenario at the White Residence, the White House Health care Device will notify all shut contacts of the President during the day nowadays, like any Members of Congress and any users of the push who interacted with the President through yesterday’s travel."

Biden final examined adverse for COVID on Tuesday.