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Pence's press secretary back to work after recovering from COVID-19

Jeff Mason (Reuters)
Washington, United States
Wed, May 27, 2020

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Pence's press secretary back to work after recovering from COVID-19 Katie Miller, press secretary for US Vice President Mike Pence , helps prepare for the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, US, March 10, 2020. Miller said on May 26 she was back at work after recovering from COVID-19. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

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S Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary Katie Miller said on Tuesday she was back at work after recovering from COVID-19, a case that helped encourage White House officials to start wearing masks and take stricter safety precautions around President Donald Trump.

Miller, who is married to Trump's hawkish immigration adviser and speech writer Stephen Miller, said she had returned after receiving three negative tests for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

"Thank you to all my amazing doctors and everyone who reached out with support. I couldn't have done it without my amazing husband who took great care of his pregnant wife," she said in a post on Twitter.

Miller contracted the virus in early May, raising alarm about the spread of the virus among Trump's and Pence's inner circle shortly after the president's valet had also tested positive.

The two cases prompted the White House to direct staff to wear masks and take additional precautions.

Previously, despite admonitions to Americans to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines, many administration officials were not doing so themselves at least at the White House, where testing has been taking place regularly.

"We're very happy to see her recovered," White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters about the vice president's press secretary.

McEnany said Stephen Miller was also back at work after having self-quarantined. She said she did not know whether the military valet had returned and said she had no updates on whether anyone else on the staff had tested positive.

Trump, 73, is in an age group considered especially vulnerable to the virus. He has declined to wear a mask in public and has stepped up his travel schedule in recent weeks as he seeks to get the country's economy reignited from its pandemic-related shutdown. 

 

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