Vice President Pence — who has tested negative for the coronavirus — has been working from home rather than going into the White House complex since President Trump was diagnosed with the virus late on Thursday, a senior administration official told NPR.
“Out of an abundance of caution, he worked at the vice president’s residence at the Naval Observatory to avoid any potential exposure to the virus,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told NPR’s Franco Ordoñez.
Pence led a conference call of the White House coronavirus task force on Saturday from his residence.
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