Other metrics, such as pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation were normal, O’Connor said, although the White House did not release specific figures. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s personal physician. He received his presidential daily security briefing via video call while, separately, Chinese President Xi Jinping wished Biden a “speedy recovery.”īiden had an elevated temperature of 99.4 F on Thursday, but that went down with Tylenol, according to a new note from Dr. The president’s doctors said his mild COVID symptoms were improving and he was responding well to treatment, as the White House worked to portray the image of a president still on the job despite his illness. When they asked how Biden was feeling, he flashed a thumb’s up.

Reporters were allowed into a White House auditorium where advisers were sitting to view a few minutes of the proceedings. But the president tried to strike a reassuring tone, declaring at the top, “I feel much better than I sound.”īiden took off a mask and sipped water from a cup as he opened the meeting to discuss the decline in gas prices in recent weeks. WASHINGTON - COVID-19 symptoms left President Joe Biden with a deep, raspy voice and persistent cough as he met Friday via videoconference with his top economic team. By WILL WEISSERT, CHRIS MEGERIAN and SEUNG MIN KIM | Associated Press

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