The vice president elbow-bumped state officials as he landed in Washington to address the outbreak.
Pence, who is spearheading the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, landed in Washington on Thursday to meet with state officials about the outbreak. As he greeted Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and members of Congress on the tarmac, they all exchanged elbow bumps ― a greeting proposed by medical professionals as a low-contact alternative to handshaking.
Though Pres Trump says he's still shaking people's hands, VP Pence is giving elbow bumps as he greets personnel at Emergency Ops Center in Tacoma, WA. pic.twitter.com/JpJoYPHR3qWashington has at least 70 cases of the virus, and of the 12 deaths recorded from COVID-19 infection nationwide, 11 were in the state. One other person has died from the sickness in California.
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