White House COVID chief confirms Biden has BA.5 subvariant, says he's "feeling much, much better"

Washington — Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, confirmed Sunday that President Biden was infected with the highly transmissible BA.5 subvariant of the coronavirus but said the president is "doing just fine" as he continues to isolate.

"Thank goodness, our vaccines and therapeutics work well against it, which is why I think the president's doing well," Jha said in an interview with "Face the Nation." "I checked in with his team late last night. He was feeling well. He had a good day yesterday. He's got a viral syndrome, an upper respiratory infection, that is, and he's doing just fine."

While Jha said he has not received updates yet as of Sunday morning, Mr. Biden was "feeling much, much better" through Saturday night.