Anyone Expected to Get Close to Trump or Pence Will be Given a Coronavirus Test

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Danika Fears

Senior Breaking News Editor

Updated Apr. 03, 2020 5:00PM EDT / Published Apr. 03, 2020 2:51PM EDT

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Anyone who’s expected to get near President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will have to undergo a test for the coronavirus, the White House told reporters on Friday. This is being taken “to evaluate for pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers“ and “limit inadvertent transmission,” the White House said. Trump has undergone two tests for the deadly virus; both came back negative. In recent weeks, he has come into close proximity with officials who later tested positive for COVID-19, including Fabio Wajngarten, a top communications aide to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

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Anyone Expected to Get Close to Trump or Pence Will be Given a Coronavirus Test

Danika Fears

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