'Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual,' a spokeswoman for Pence said in a statement.
The case marks the first such infection within the top rungs of the administration.
“This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus,” Miller said in statement. “Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual.”Miller said contact tracing was being conducted in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pence said Monday that he had not been tested for the virus. Trump was tested and said last week his test was negative.
"I have not been tested yet," Pence said Monday."I’m in regular consultation with the White House physician, and he said I’ve not been exposed to anyone for any period of time that had the coronavirus, and that my wife and I have no symptoms."
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