A collaborator of Vice President of the United States Mike Pence has tested positive for the coronavirus, said on Friday a spokeswoman for the number two of the American state, specifying that neither the latter nor President Donald Trump had been in "close contact" with this person. "We were notified this evening that a member of the vice president's team had tested positive for coronavirus," spokeswoman Katie Miller said in a statement.
Mike Pence has been appointed by Donald Trump to head the task force to fight the spread of the pandemic in the United States.
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