The vice president tested negative for the virus on Thursday after a White House valet came down with COVID-19.
were the first to confirm that a staffer was ill with COVID-19. Pence’s office did not immediately return HuffPost’s request for comment.
According to White House pool reports, Pence’s flight to Des Moines, Iowa, was delayed on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for an hour Friday morning, and multiple people deplaned. Six people who had contact with Katie Miller were removed from the flight, CNN reported, citing White House sources.for Trump ― a staff member who comes in close contact with both him and his family and serves them food ― had a confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
He and other valets have not been wearing masks, the White House said Thursday. Trump said Friday morning on Fox News that “they’ve already started” to wear them. Both Trump and Pence tested negative for the coronavirus on Thursday, the White House reported. However, this second diagnosis again raises the possibility that Trump has been exposed to the virus. He often downplays the magnitude of the pandemic and focuses on reopening the nation’s economy.
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