‘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 ‘i he Koviti 19 ‘a Joe Biden ko e palesiteni motu’a taha ‘eni ‘a ‘Amelika’.
‘Oku vaivai pe ‘a e faka’ilonga puke ‘o e palesiteni’ pea ‘oku ‘oange pe ‘a e antiviral ke ne ngāue’aki.
‘E hoko atu pe ia he ngāue ka ‘e fakamavahe’i ia ‘i he White House.
Kuo hoko ‘ene puke’ ke kaniseli ai ha’ane tulipi ki Pennsylvania ne taumu’a ke ne tuku atu ai ha palani ke kole ki he Congress ha $37 piliona ma’a e polokalama tau’i e faihia’.
Ne hū hake foki ‘a e palesiteni ki he Tuita ‘o fakamālō ki he kakai ‘i he’enau tokonga ange ki he’ene tengetange’ pea ‘oku ne sai pe.
Ne ne pehē kuo’ ne kole ki hono ngaahi kaungā politiki’ ke nau alea’i atu pe ‘ene palani’.
Ne fokotu’utu’u foki ‘e he White House ha fakataha mo e telefoni ‘ikai angamaheni mo e kau sekiulitī ‘a e palesiteni’.
E hokohoko atu pe ‘a e palesiteni ‘i he ngaue.
Faktatau ki ha lipooti ‘a e Reuters ne ‘i ai ‘eni mo e kau ma’olunga he pule’anga ‘o Baiden kuo nau ma’u ‘a e kolonamailasi’ kau ai ‘a e Vice President Kamala Harris mo e House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, ka kuo’ na sai pe kuo na foki ‘o ngāue.
