Pence To Be Tested For COVID-19; ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ Of Face Masks In Production

President Trump takes questions during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Friday.

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Updated at 3:40 p.m. ET

Vice President Pence on Saturday announced he and his wife will be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus, following confirmation that an aide on his staff was diagnosed with the respiratory disease last week.

Pence made the remarks at a news conference following the coronavirus task force meeting at the White House. Earlier in the week the vice president,who leads the task force, told reporters that he has not been tested for the virus because the White House doctor had told him he didn’t need to be.