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US President-elect Joe Biden will have to wear an orthopedic boot for “several weeks” for having made micro-fractures on his foot, in connection with a fall he took while playing with one of his dogs.
“On Saturday, November 28, President-elect Biden slipped while playing with his dog Major and sprained his ankle. As a matter of conscience, he will be examined this afternoon by an orthopedist ”, Joe Biden’s team announced in a statement.
After entering Wilmington’s Delaware Orthopedic Specialists clinic shortly after 4 pm local time (9 pm Lisbon), Joe Biden was examined by an orthopedic doctor Kevin O’Connor, who said there were no signs of an “obvious fracture”.
“The President-elect made a sprain on his right foot. The initial x-ray exams do not indicate an obvious fracture and tomorrow he will have new exams to have a more detailed image ”, said the concerned doctor in a press release. However, in a second statement, the doctor who had further tests found that Joe Biden had micro-fractures his foot and that he would have to wear an orthopedic boot for “several weeks”.
According to the report made by the journalists in the caravan that accompanies Joe Biden daily, the President-elect was admitted to a specialized clinic this Sunday shortly after 4 pm local time (9 pm Lisbon).
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