Joe Biden pulls out of speech after contracting COVID | US News

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Joe Biden has been forced to pull out of a campaign speech after contracting COVID.

The US president was due to deliver an address to UnidosUS – the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organisation – in Las Vegas later today.

Mr Biden is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House said, and will return to Delaware to self-isolate.

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An official said Biden presented this afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms, including a runny nose and a cough.

The president is vaccinated and boosted, they added.

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