Pences in the clear
Pence earlier Saturday said he will be tested for the coronavirus, after one of his staffers tested positive for the virus earlier this week.
“While the White House doctor has indicated that he has no reason to believe I was exposed and no need to be tested, given the unique position i have as vice president and as leader of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, both I and my wife will be tested for the coronavirus later this afternoon,” he said at a White House press briefing.Pence’s office said Friday that the unidentified staffer tested positive.
He said that neither he nor President Trump had any contact with the staffer, and that they had worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the White House. Contact tracing had also been done, he said.Pence was appointed by Trump to lead the White House’s coronavirus task force, which has been holding daily press briefings on the virus.
A number of politicians have tested positive for the virus. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., on Wednesday became the first member of Congress to announce that he was infected. Not long after Diaz-Balart’s announcement, Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, announced that he, too, had tested positive.
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