New Delhi: As President Joe Biden remains out of the public eye for the fifth consecutive day due to a COVID-19 diagnosis, online reports are increasingly abuzz with speculation regarding a deterioration in his health. A Twitter handle, Global Press Corp, stated that “a verified source has informed the Global Press team that Joe Biden is currently in hospice care and is unlikely to survive the night.”
The social media handle also tweeted a press release apparently from the White House, claiming the White House abruptly cancelled all of President Biden’s Monday meetings, and had tentatively removed all meetings for the week.
The president was last seen in public late Wednesday after arriving at a U.S. air base in Dover, Delaware, after testing positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas earlier in the day. He then motorcade to his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Biden’s physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, said that the president had completed his 10th dose of the COVID-fighting medication Paxlovid on Monday morning and continued to perform all of his presidential duties.
“His symptoms have almost resolved completely. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain absolutely normal,” O’Connor wrote. “His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air. His lungs remain clear.” The White House said Biden received separate briefings on Monday from Homeland Security Adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Both briefings were conducted virtually.
Biden’s public schedule for the week has remained clear as he recovers from the virus, but he said in his letter on Sunday that he planned to deliver an address to the nation this week to discuss his decision to end his candidacy.
Biden also plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week, according to a person familiar with the president’s schedule who was not authorized to comment publicly.
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