President Joe Biden.Photo: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty
PresidentJoe Bidenthis weekend will take his first trip away from the White House, flying to Delaware to spend time with his family.
The White House announced Thursday night that Biden, 78, would head to his home state on Friday afternoon, though the trip raised some questions about why the president was traveling despite federal health officials' guidance to avoid air travel.
The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionrecommendsavoiding air travel, saying it “increases your chance of getting and spreading COVID-19.”
However, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Friday the “key” to that health guidance “is ensuring that people don’t take steps to make others vulnerable in our effort to get be pandemic under control.”
Biden received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine before taking office last month. The two-dose immunization is estimated to be 94-to-95 percent effective at preventing symptoms, NPRreports.
“Delaware is his home, and he looks forward to spending the weekend there and some time with his family,” Psaki said about Biden’s plans for the trip.
From left: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and President Joe Biden.Alex Wong/Getty
There have been more than 26.7 million confirmed cases of the virus and 455,805 deaths linked to COVID-19 in the U.S., according to aNew York Timestracker.
source: people.com
