Biden tested negative for COVID on Saturday -source

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

His spokesperson, Jen Psaki, on Sunday disclosed that she had tested positive for COVID but said she had not seen the president since Tuesday. Biden's test was a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, the person familiar with the matter said.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Daniel Wallis)