Joe Biden appeared in good spirits but had a noticeably deeper voice and apologised for repeatedly breaking away from his speech to cough
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Joe Biden intermittently coughed his way through a virtual White House meeting, a day on from his testing positive for COVID. Mr Biden, who at 79 is the oldest person ever to serve as US president, appeared in good spirits but had a noticeably deeper voice and apologised for repeatedly breaking away from his speech to cough.
"I'm feeling much better than I sound," the president said, as he described recent efforts to lower US petrol prices.Earlier on Friday, the White House doctor had released a statement saying Mr Biden's symptoms had improved.had a slight temperature of 37.4C but was responding"favourably" to painkillers and that he was breathing normally.
"His voice is deeper this morning. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain normal, on room air," he said.
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