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This news just in to cnn, first lady jill biden has now tested positive for covid. cnn's arlette saenz joins me now from the white house. arlette, tell us what we know. >> reporter: well, jim, first lady jill biden tested positive for covid-19, according to her communications director elizabeth alexander. she started experience something cold-like symptoms last evening. and initially tested negative on a rapid antigen test, but a pcr test did come back positive for the first lady. now, alexander also wrote in a statement, quote, the first lady is double vaccinated, twice boosted and only exper...

Away from where we are in skiawh island, south carolina. she will stay here until she has to consecutive negative tests. she had been slated to travel to florida, a bit later this week, so that will up end her travel plans there. the first lady has just been seen on just a very few occasions while here vacationing. out for a bike ride with her husband on sunday and also spotted shopping at one of the town centers nearby. as for the president, he is slated to travel back to the white house today where he'll be signing that inflation reduction act. white house press secretary says that he has te...

>> reporter: alex, according to the first lady's press secretary, the first lady started feeling cold-like symptoms monday evening. even though she tested negative on an antigen test that morning, they had her test again via antigen rapid test. that one was negative. her test came back positive via a pcr test. she will continue to isolate at a private residence in south carolina for five days. she's been prescribed a round of paxlovid. as you remember, the president when he tested positive had taken paxlovid as well, the anti-viral treatment. the first lady's office said her close contacts had...

Hearing through her spokesperson that she has tested positive for covid. the first lady's communications director elizabeth alexander said after testing negative on monday during her regular testing, the first lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening. she tested negative again on a rapid antigen test but a pcr test came back positive. the first lady is double vaccinated, twice boosted and only experiencing mild symptoms. she has been prescribed a course of paxlovid and following cdc guidance will isolate from others for at least five days. close contacts of the first lady h...

Just in to cnn, the white house announcing moments ago that first lady jill biden tested positive for covid while on vacation in south carolina. any moment president biden will be heading back to washington, though traveling without the first lady. cnn's kate bennett is live in washington with details for us. kate, how is jill biden doing? >> reporter: she has mild cold-like symptoms, i'm told. she was not feeling so well monday evening. she took a standard test that morning and was negative. she took an antigen test that night, monday night, and still negative, but she took a pcr test and tha...