Staffer in Pence’s Office Tests Positive for COVID-19

Vice President Mike Pence arrives for a briefing on the Trump administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House in Washington on March 4, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

An official in Vice President Mike Pence’s office has tested positive for COVID-19—the first known such case in a White House staffer.

“‪This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus. Neither President Trump nor Vice President Pence had close contact with the individual,” said Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller in a statement late Friday.