US Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week.
President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected the aide, said he was “not worried” about the virus spreading in the White House. Nonetheless, officials said they were stepping up safety protocols for the complex.
Vice President Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller, who tested positive on Friday, had been in recent contact with the vice-president but not with the president. She is married to Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser. The White House had no immediate comment on whether Stephen Miller had been tested or if he was still working in the White House.
Katie Miller had tested negative on Thursday, a day before her positive result.
“This is why the whole concept of tests aren’t necessarily great,” President Trump said. “The tests are perfect but something can happen between a test where it’s good and then something happens.”
The positive test for the senior aide came one day after White House officials confirmed that a member of the military serving as one of Trump’s valets had tested positive for Covid-19.
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