An American Vice President office worker was positive for corona.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

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TTO - A member of the assistant team for Vice President Mike Pence was positive for corona virus, this is the first case of a White House employee infected.

Vice President Mike Pence (right) often stands next to President Donald Trump in daily press conferences about the COVID-19 epidemic - Photo: NBC

According to Azcentral, Ms. Katie Miller, a spokesman for Mr. Pence, announced the information at a press conference on 20-3 but did not name the employee, nor specify the employee's workplace.

However, Ms. Katie Miller said: "Both President Trump and Vice President Pence have no close contact with this person. The rediscovering other contacts is underway."

Vice President Mike Pence is the executive of the US government's anti-COVID-19 task force. He is often with the president in recent weeks.

Mr. Pence is also the one who appears next to Mr. Trump every day during the White House press conferences to announce new developments in the fight against COVID-19.

Last week, Mr. Trump had tested negative for the new strain of corona virus. He agreed to take the test after having close contact with many members of the Brazilian President's delegation on his Florida resort, after which one of the delegation was positive for corona.

However, earlier this week (March 16) Mr. Pence said he had not yet tested for the corona virus. The vice president's office has not yet answered the question this week.

According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University, the US has more than 16,600 cases of COVID-19, of which 216 have died. GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.22/3/2020.