WASHINTON, Broadcasting News Corporation : The White House announced that President Biden tested positive for the coronavirus, adding that he was “experiencing very mild symptoms.” While he is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, the positive test raises health concerns for the 79-year-old president. He is receiving Paxlovid, an antiviral drug used to minimize the severity of Covid-19, and will isolate at the White House. Biden will “continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” his press secretary said. Biden’s positive test also underscores how Covid remains a persistent threat in the U.S., even as much of the country tries to moves past the pandemic. Fueled by the BA.5 subvariant, cases and hospitalizations have surged. News collected from The New York Times.