UPDATED: President Biden Leaving Rehoboth Beach this Afternoon
UPDATED – 7/23/24 – President Biden will be returning to Washington this afternoon. The President has been in Rehoboth Beach for nearly a week, but he has isolated at his North Shores beach house as he recovers from Covid-19. His physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, in a statement Monday said that President Biden is greatly improved.
“President Biden completed his tenth dose of PAXLOVID this morning. His symptoms have
almost resolved completely. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and temperature remain
absolutely normal. His oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air. His lungs
remain clear.
The President continues to perform all of his presidential duties.”
However it has been an eventful last few days as President Biden ended his run for re-election on Sunday and tossed his support to VP Kamala Harris.
Biden is expected to leave Rehoboth Beach around 12:30pm.
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UPDATED – 07/20/24 – President Biden is back at his North Shores beach house this weekend – but after he tested positive for Covid – he’s been isolating at the beach house. He has no public schedule for the weekend. The president’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, says a test yesterday showed positive for Covid-19 – he’s being treated with Paxlovid. President Biden will be in Rehoboth Beach until Sunday night when he is expected to return to Washington.
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UPDATED– 7/18/24-2:45 p.m.–Letter released just now by the White House from Dr. Kevin O’Connor, updating on Biden’s Covid case:
“The president is still experiencing mild upper respiratory symptoms associated with his recent COVID-19 infection. He continues to receive Paxlovid. He does not have a fever and his vital signs remain normal. He will continue to conduct the business of the American people. With the President’s permission, I will continue to provide regular updates, as we have done before.”
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UPDATED– 12 am–Air Force 1 touched down at Dover Air Force Base at 10:20pm. After an uneventful ride, the motorcade arrived at Gordons Pond at 11:28pm.
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UPDATED – 6:30pm – President Biden has tested positive for Covid and has cut his campaign events short. He is still planning to return to Rehoboth Beach for a long weekend. The White House released this statement from the President’s doctor:
Note from the President’s Doctor:
The President presented this afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms, to include rhinorhea (runny nose) and non-productive cough, with general malaise. He felt okay for his first event of the day, but given that he was not feeling better, point of care testing for COVID-19 was conducted, and the results were positive for the COVID-19 virus. Given this, the President will be self-isolating in accordance with CDC guidance for symptomatic individuals. PCR confirmation testing will be pending. His symptoms remain mild, his respiratory rate is normal at 16, his temperature is normal at 97.8 and his pulse oximetry is normal at 97%. The President has received his first dose of Paxlovid. He will be self-isolating at his home in Rehoboth.
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President Joe Biden is expected to return to his North Shores home late tonight. His arrival in Rehoboth Beach follows a campaign event in Las Vegas. As reported in the Cape Gazette, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction notice that goes into effect at 10:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, and ends at 9:15 p.m., Sunday, July 21st.
Additional Information as noted in the Cape Gazette:
These are the typical security measures that are put in place:
• Gordons Pond users could see restrictions. The park’s parking lot is just around the corner from Biden’s home and is used as a landing site for Marine One.
• If Biden decides to drive, motorists on Route 1 should be prepared for delays. By road, there’s really only one way to his house – southbound on Route 1, then through Rehoboth Beach. As the presidential motorcade makes its way south, police and state personnel sit at all intersections blocking traffic.
• The FAA’s temporary flight restrictions limit use of the airspace – including drones – from Dover south to Ocean City, Md., and west to the Maryland border.
• The Coast Guard establishes security zones in the ocean area immediately in front of North Shores beach and in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal.
Biden heading to beach house July 17 after campaign event | Cape Gazette
