President Trump pushed back on Monday on reports that the White House’s system for monitoring employees for the novel coronavirus broke down following news that …
President Trump pushed back on Monday on reports that the White House’s system for monitoring employees for the novel coronavirus broke down following news that the Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary had contracted the contagion.
“I don’t think the system broke down at all,” Trump said. “It can happen. It’s the hidden enemy.”
Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller, married to top White House adviser Stephen Miller, tested positive last Friday.
Six people who had been in contact with Miller were scheduled to fly with Pence on Friday to Des Moines, Iowa, on Air Force Two. They were removed from the flight just before it took off. All six later tested negative and Pence is not self-isolating, the White House said.
On March 20, another staffer tested positive for coronavirus, making that the first White House staffer known to have the virus. Though White House officials were not being tested regularly at that time, Pence said he had not had recent contact with the unidentified individual.
