‘Oku taupotu ‘i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga
Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for Covid-19. He is experiencing mild symptoms and is taking the antiviral treatment Paxlovid. He will continue working but in isolation at the White House.
Biden’s illness forced cancellation of a trip to Pennsylvania where he intended to lay out plans to ask Congress for US$37 billion for crime prevention programs.
The president took to Twitter to thank people for their concern and to say that he is doing well. He also said that he had called several political allies to discuss his plans for the day.
The White House has provided an unusually detailed account of Biden’s morning activities, which include a series of phone calls and a meeting with his national security team.
The president is expected to continue working from the White House and to provide daily updates on his health.
According to a report by Reuters it said: “Multiple members of Biden’s administration and other senior figures in Washington have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent months, including Vice President Kamala Harris and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, both of whom have since tested negative and resumed working”.
“Representative Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the congressional probe of the 6 January assault on the US Capitol, plans to run Thursday night’s hearing remotely as a result of testing positive.
“US stocks briefly headed lower following reports of the president’s diagnosis, with the S&P 500 dropping about 0.5 percent over the following 10 minutes. The index quickly retraced that loss and by mid-morning was back to near the unchanged mark on the day”.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA
Kuo tesi positive āi he Koviti 19 āa Joe Biden ko e palesiteni motuāa taha āeni āa āAmelikaā.
āOku vaivai pe āa e fakaāilonga puke āo e palesiteniā pea āoku āoange pe āa e antiviral ke ne ngÄueāaki.
āE hoko atu pe ia he ngÄue ka āe fakamavaheāi ia āi he White House.
Kuo hoko āene pukeā ke kaniseli ai haāane tulipi ki Pennsylvania ne taumuāa ke ne tuku atu ai ha palani ke kole ki he Congress ha $37 piliona maāa e polokalama tauāi e faihiaā.
Ne hÅ« hake foki āa e palesiteni ki he Tuita āo fakamÄlÅ ki he kakai āi heāenau tokonga ange ki heāene tengetangeā pea āoku ne sai pe.
Ne ne pehÄ kuoā ne kole ki hono ngaahi kaungÄ politikiā ke nau aleaāi atu pe āene palaniā.
Ne fokotuāutuāu foki āe he White House ha fakataha mo e telefoni āikai angamaheni mo e kau sekiulitÄ« āa e palesiteniā.
E hokohoko atu pe āa e palesiteni āi he ngaue.
Faktatau ki ha lipooti āa e Reuters ne āi ai āeni mo e kau maāolunga he puleāanga āo Baiden kuo nau maāu āa e kolonamailasiā kau ai āa e Vice President Kamala Harris mo e House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, ka kuoā na sai pe kuo na foki āo ngÄue.