President Biden cancels trip to Orlando, Tampa after COVID-19 diagnosis Biden was supposed to travel to Florida on Monday
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the South Lawn of the White House, July 11, 2022, in Washington. Biden has signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at increasing the flow of information to families of Americans detained abroad, and at imposing sanctions on the criminals, terrorists or government officials who hold them captive. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (Copyright 2022 by The Associated Press - All rights reserved.)
ORLANDO, Fla. – President Joe Biden is canceling his trip to Florida on Monday because of his COVID-19 diagnosis.
Biden was supposed to be in Orlando on Monday to address the annual conference for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort.
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From there Biden was expected to head to Tampa for a Democratic National Committee event.
But Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday , and is working in isolation until he has a negative test.
The president is experiencing mild symptoms, which the White House said had improved on Friday, according to his doctor. He is on Paxlovid for treatment.
The president’s visit to Florida would have followed a trip by Vice President Kamala Harris, who came to Orlando last week for an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority conference , as well as a reproductive rights roundtable with state Democrats. She then went to Tampa and toured MacDill Air Force Base.
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