(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 24 - Mark Short, the chief of staff of the American vice president Mike Pence, tested positive for Covid-19. This was announced by the Pence office, specifying that the vice president, even though he is considered "a close contact to Short", will continue "to maintain his program in compliance with the guidelines of the CDC - the federal agency against infectious diseases, ed. the essential staff ".
One of Pence's top advisors also tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week. Loriporta Cnn today. This is Marty Obst, Pence's senior political advisor. It is not clear when the last close contact between the two was.