US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Jul 27The White House called it «ridiculous» the suggestion that the U.S. president may have been deliberately infected with the coronavirus during a recent visit to Saudi Arabia, said the coordinator for strategic communications at the Council of the National John Kirby. «I have no idea where this idea comes from and why you chose to put the question this way, but the idea that another state specifically tried to infect the President of the United States with a virus is ridiculous, completely ridiculous,» Kirby said, answering a related question journalist. Kirby emphasized that while he is not authorized to touch on issues related to the president's health, the idea itself is not worthy of attention due to its absurdity. Biden was diagnosed with coronavirus last week, the diagnosis was announced on Thursday July 21, a few days before On Sunday, July 17, Biden returned to Washington from a trip to the Middle East. The White House emphasized that thanks to the vaccination, Biden suffered the disease easily and continued to work while in quarantine. On Wednesday, first the attending physician, and then the president himself, announced Biden's recovery and negative coronavirus test. after COVID-19
