副总统迈克·彭斯没有被隔离，在他的一名助手冠状病毒检测呈阳性后，他打算周一返回白宫工作。

在唐纳德·特朗普总统的贴身男仆检测出COVID-19呈阳性的一天后，彭斯的新闻秘书凯蒂·米勒证实，她周五也呈阳性。副总统发言人德文·欧玛利告诉记者新闻周刊周日，彭斯“没有被隔离”，“将继续遵循白宫医疗小组的建议”

“此外，副总统彭斯每天都被检测为阴性，并计划明天去白宫，”他说。

特朗普周五下午在白宫与共和党人会面后对记者发表讲话时证实，米勒的新型病毒检测呈阳性。

“她是个了不起的年轻女人，凯蒂，”他说。“她在很长一段时间内测试都很好，但今天突然之间，她测试呈阳性。”

总统说他最近没有和米勒联系过，但是指出彭斯已经联系过了。特朗普说，根据诊断结果，副总统的团队正在“采取一切必要的预防措施”。

2020年4月27日，DC首都华盛顿，美国副总统迈克·彭斯在白宫内阁会议室聆听美国总统唐纳德·特朗普会见行业高管。

在特朗普的贴身男仆上周感染了这种新疾病后，米勒现在是第三名检测呈阳性的白宫工作人员。彭斯的另一名员工是在3月份各州开始实施居家养老措施后被确诊的。

就在周二，特朗普还和他的贴身男仆保持着密切联系。然而，白宫副新闻秘书霍根·吉德利周四证实，总统和副总统都检测出病毒呈阴性，并保持“健康状况良好”

总统补充说，米勒确诊后，所有白宫官员都将接受COVID-19测试。

白宫新闻秘书凯丽·麦克纳尼周五谈到了参观椭圆形办公室的安全问题。

她在新闻发布会上表示:“我们已经落实了我们的专家提出的保护这座建筑安全的指导方针，这意味着要追踪接触者。”。“我们为拥有重要员工的企业推荐的所有指导方针，现在都在白宫实施。”

“随着美国安全重新开放，白宫将继续安全运作，”麦克纳尼补充道。

特朗普政府经济顾问凯文·哈塞特说“上班很吓人”在哥伦比亚广播公司的一次露面中面向全国星期天。哈塞特认为，随着各州开始重新开放经济，社会距离和面具的使用应该保持下去，因为每天仍有成千上万的新案例出现。

“我练习积极的社交疏远，”他告诉主持人玛格丽特·布伦南。“当我觉得有必要的时候，我会戴上面具。去上班很可怕。你知道，我三月份的时候不在白宫。我想，如果我坐在家里，会比去西翼安全得多。”

“但是，你知道，现在是人们必须站出来为国家服务的时候了。”

PENCE TO RETURN TO WORK, NOT IN QUARANTINE, AFTER AIDE TESTS POSITIVE IN WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

Vice President Mike Pence is not in quarantine and intends to return to work at the White House on Monday, after one of his aides tested positive for coronavirus.

One day after President Donald Trump's valet tested positive for COVID-19, Pence's press secretary Katie Miller confirmed she also tested positive on Friday. The vice president's spokesperson, Devin M. O'Malley, told Newsweek Sunday that Pence "is not in quarantine" and "will continue to follow the advice of the White House Medical Unit."

"Additionally, Vice President Pence has tested negative every single day and plans to be at the White House tomorrow," he said.

Trump confirmed Miller had tested positive for the novel virus on Friday afternoon while speaking to reporters after a meeting with Republicans at the White House.

"She's a wonderful young woman, Katie," he said. "She tested very good for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden today she tested positive."

The president said he hadn't been in contact with Miller recently, but noted that Pence had. The vice president's team was "taking all of the necessary precautions" in light of the diagnosis, Trump said.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence listens as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with industry executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House April 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Miller is now the third White House staff to test positive after Trump's valet contracted the new disease last week. Another member of Pence's staff was diagnosed after various states began implementing stay-at-home measures in March.

Trump had been in close contact with his valet as recently as Tuesday. However, White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley confirmed on Thursday that both the president and vice president have tested negative for the virus and remain in "great health."

The president added that all White House officials will be tested for COVID-19 following Miller's diagnosis.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday addressed safety concerns regarding visits to the Oval Office.

"We have put in place the guidelines that our experts have put forward to keep this building safe, which means contact tracing," she said during a press briefing. "All the recommended guidelines we have for businesses that have essential workers we are now putting in place here in the White House."

"As America reopens safely, the White House is continuing to operate safely," McEnany added.

Trump administration economic adviser Kevin Hassett said that it's "scary to go to work" in the West Wing during an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation on Sunday. Hassett asserted that social distancing and mask use should be maintained as states begin to reopen their economies because thousands of new cases are still emerging each day.

"I practice aggressive social distancing," he told host Margret Brennan. "I'll wear a mask when I feel it's necessary. It is scary to go to work. You know, I was not part of the White House in March. I think that I'd be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would be going to the West Wing."

"But, you know, it's the time when people have to step up and serve their country."