Biden back in Delaware despite CDC warnings over travel

President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One at New Castle Airport in Delaware on Friday (Patrick Semansky/AP)

President Joe Biden flew home to Delaware on Friday to spend the weekend with his wife and family, despite the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that Americans forgo travel because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The White House officials said the trip by Mr Biden, his first aboard Air Force One as president, was far less risky than the sort of commercial travel that Americans are being urged to avoid.