President Joe Biden is feeling “much, much better” after testing positive for the coronavirus, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator said Sunday, confirming that the 79-year-old US leader was infected with a highly contagious variant spreading throughout the country.
"It is the BA.5 variant ... But thank goodness our vaccines and therapeutics work well against it, which is why I think the president's doing well," Dr Ashish Jha told CBS' “Face the Nation”.
"I checked in with his team late last night. He was feeling well.
“He had a good day yesterday. He's got ... An upper respiratory infection and he's doing just fine. We haven't gotten any updates this morning, but throughout the night he was feeling much, much better.''