US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing him to cancel a planned speech hosted by a Latino group in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said Biden had “mild symptoms” and would be returning to Delaware to “self-isolate”. He would continue to carry out his “duties as president during that time”, she said.
Biden’s illness comes amid a growing backlash from within his own Democratic party at his ability to continue campaigning for a second term in the White House, amid concerns about his physical and mental fitness to stay in the race.
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