US Vice President's chief of staff infected with coronavirus - Mike Pence's test result already known

Again there is a corona case in the environment of the US government.

Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff is infected.

Pence and his wife also had to be tested.

• Another corona case in the vicinity of the US government.

• The Vice President's chief of staff tested positive for the virus.

• Mike Pence and his wife's test results are already known.

Washington -

There is another Corona * case in the

vicinity of the administration of US President

.

chief of staff

, Marc Short, had tested positive for the corona virus *, a

spokesman said

on Saturday (local time).

Short had

gone

into

and supported the authorities in

Coronavirus in the US government environment - Mike Pence and wife tested negative

Pence and his wife Karen had tested negative, the

said

.

Both are "in good health".

In consultation with the doctors in the White House, Pence will

continue

his

as planned.

The number of new corona infections * in the USA recently rose to a new record high.

On Saturday, the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore

within 24 hours.

This

clearly exceeded the

record value of almost

announced the previous day

.

From VP'soffice: "Today, Marc Short, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, tested positive for COVID-19, began quarantine and assisting in the contact tracing process."

- Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 25, 2020

Corona record high in the USA: Trump repeatedly downplays risk

A good week before the presidential election, the corona * pandemic plays a central role in the election campaign.

US President Trump, who himself survived a corona infection, has repeatedly downplayed the danger posed by the virus.

His challenger Joe Biden of the opposition Democrats accuses the Republican of failing to manage the crisis.

With more than 224,000 deaths related to the coronavirus *, the US is the country in the world hardest hit by the pandemic in absolute terms.

There have already been a number of corona infections in the vicinity of Trump.

In addition to the president himself, the

and the presidential advisor

infected with the virus.

An appearance by Melania Trump is a rare stroke of luck for the election campaigners for Donald Trump.

Shortly before the election, however, it backfired.