US VP Pence’s spokesman tests positive for Covid-19
Katie Miller, a spokesman for US Vice-President Mike Pence, has tested positive for Covid-19, fuelling concerns that the White House may be turning into a virus hotspot. – EPA pic, May 9, 2020.
THE US vice-president’s spokesman became the second White House staffer this week to test positive for the coronavirus, officials said Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at a World War II commemoration with veterans in their 90s. News that staffer Katie Miller had fallen ill boosted fears that the White House is at risk of becoming a viral hot spot just when Trump is leading efforts to wind down nationwide quarantine measures that have devastated the world’s biggest economy.
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