Vice President Mike Pence staffer tests positive for coronavirus [View all]

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Source: CNBC

Vice President Mike Pence staffer tests positive for coronavirus

PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 8 202011:25 AM EDT UPDATED 16 MIN AGO
Christina Wilkie
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KEY POINTS
-- An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for coronavirus.
-- The confirmation came one day after news that President Donald Trump’s personal valet had also tested positive.

WASHINGTON — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for coronavirus, a senior administration official confirmed to NBC News on Friday.

The confirmation comes a day after news broke that President Donald Trump’s personal valet had also tested positive.

A spokeswoman for Pence did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.

Pence was scheduled to travel to Des Moines, Iowa, in the morning, but his departure from Andrews Air Force Base was delayed by nearly an hour as staff dealt with news of the diagnosis. Reporters traveling with Pence said several staffers disembarked from Air Force Two just before takeoff.

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