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LAS VEGAS (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden canceled a Las Vegas campaign appearance Wednesday after being diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the White House.
The White House said Biden will return to Delaware to self-isolate and "continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time."
Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the president's physician, said in a note that Biden “presented this afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms, to include rhinorhea (runny nose) and non-productive cough, with general malaise.” After the positive COVID-19 test, Biden was prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and has taken his first dose, O'Connor said.
Biden was slated to speak at the Unidos event in Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon as part of an effort to rally Hispanic voters ahead of the November election.
The president had previously been at the Original Lindo Michoacan restaurant in Las Vegas, where he was greeting din...
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