U.S. Food and Drug Administration Director Stephen Hahn is starting two weeks of self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, just one day after news broke that President Trump's personal valet also tested positive.
US President Donald Trump listens to FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn speak on the latest developments of the coronavirus outbreak, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House March 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.Hahn immediately took a diagnostic test and tested negative for the virus, an FDA spokesperson said.
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