WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence will continue the crusade and paintings in the White House despite close contacts with an assistant who tested positive for COVID-19, President Donald Trump’s staff leader Mark Meadows said.
Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ask others to quarantine others for 14 days after being exposed to a user inflamed with the virus, however, Meadows told CNN’s “State of the Union” that there were exceptions for “essential users. “as the vice president.
“Not only is he campaigning, he’s working in the vice president’s office,” Meadows said, adding that Pence will wear a mask and practice social est estating while doing his homework.
Pence has a time scheduled for Sunday morning in Kinston, North Carolina.
This happens a day after Pence announced that Marc Short, the vice president’s staff leader, had tested positive for COVID-19.
Pence himself had a negative check this weekend, he said.
Meadows stated that several of Pence’s aides had testified positive, but refused to talk about cases because “sharing non-public data is not something we do unless it is the president or vice president. “
Meadows also provided some key points about Pence and Donald Trump; He said they were tested regularly, but refused to say if it was daily.
“We’re getting into security protocols,” Meadows told CNN.