US Vice President and wife test negative for coronavirus

By : AFP

Date: 22 March 2020 8:36am WAT

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 21, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

US Vice President Pence Mike Pence and his wife have tested negative for coronavirus, his press office said Saturday.

“Pleased to report that the COVID-19 test results came back negative for both Vice President @Mike_Pence and Second Lady @KarenPence,” the vice president’s press secretary Katie Miller tweeted.

Earlier Pence had confirmed he would be tested for the virus after one of his office staffers contracted the illness.

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