Medical professionals and health experts are questioning why the vice president is not required to quarantine, given the recent string of positive COVID-19 cases diagnosed among his colleagues.
's election next month, also responded to the string positive COVID-19 cases diagnosed among GOP leaders and White House officials. The organization advised all those who attended Barrett's nomination ceremony to get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine regardless of their results.
Jesse Schonau, Pence's physician at the White House, confirmed the Vice President tested negative for COVID-19 in a statement released Friday. Schonau said Pence"is free to go about his normal activities" because he did not engage in"close contact" with Trump or other administration officials who recently contracted the disease.
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