副总统迈克·彭斯的两名高级副手的艾滋病检测呈阳性冠状病毒参谋长马克·肖特和政治助手马蒂·奥布斯特。
副总统新闻秘书德文·欧玛利在一份声明中说:“今天，副总统办公厅主任马克·肖特在新冠肺炎检测呈阳性，开始隔离并协助追踪接触者。”。
欧玛利说，彭斯和妻子卡伦·彭斯周六检测出病毒呈阴性。
美国广播公司新闻部还获悉，副总统办公室至少有一名额外的工作人员在过去几天里检测呈阳性，几名工作人员现在正在隔离。
几周来，彭斯一直在全国各地进行竞选活动。周六，他访问了佛罗里达州的莱克兰和塔拉哈西。周五，他在自己的家乡印第安纳州呆了一段时间，在俄亥俄州和宾夕法尼亚州举行集会之前，他在印第安纳波利斯亲自投票。他将继续他的行程，欧玛利说，尽管与肖特有密切联系。
他在一份声明中写道:“虽然副总统彭斯被认为与肖特有着密切的联系，但在与白宫医疗部门协商后，副总统将根据疾控中心的基本人员指南维持他的日程安排。”
多位知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，副总统的高级政治助手奥布斯特上周检测呈阳性。他是外部顾问，不是政府雇员。
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2020年9月17日，星期四，在华盛顿白宫罗斯福厅举行的一次关于养老院安全和质量的会议上，副总统迈克·彭斯的参谋长马克·肖特(中)在副总统迈克·彭斯(左)回答记者关于他的前国土安全顾问奥利维亚·特罗耶的问题时，批评了唐纳德·特朗普总统对大流行的处理。
有人在特朗普多拉尔的一次资金筹集活动中发现了奥布斯特，彭斯和特朗普总统10月15日。消息人士称，上周他与副总裁一起旅行时，他并不靠近他。
Obst没有回复置评请求。副总统办公室没有立即回应。
这位值得信赖的顾问在2016年主持了彭斯的竞选活动，最近几天和几周，他一直在推特上保持着稳定的推文和转发流，尽管他似乎没有提到自己的诊断。
这是第二次与彭斯关系密切的人检测出病毒呈阳性。凯蒂·米勒，彭斯的新闻秘书，特朗普顾问斯蒂芬·米勒的妻子，5月份新冠肺炎检测呈阳性。
在唐纳德·特朗普当选总统后的几天里，迈克·彭斯和第二夫人的冠状病毒检测都呈阴性测试呈阳性10月初住院。
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副总统迈克·彭斯在宾夕法尼亚州西米夫林的阿勒格尼县机场的竞选集会上讲话时做手势。，2020年10月23日星期五。
本月早些时候，在接受美国有线电视新闻网采访时，彭斯的参谋长马克·肖特说，副总统“每天”都受到考验。
至少有34人与白宫有联系病毒检测呈阳性本月早些时候，包括总统和第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普，以及新闻秘书凯丽·麦克纳尼，竞选经理比尔·斯捷潘，政策高级顾问斯蒂芬·米勒和外部顾问凯利安·康威和克里斯·克里斯蒂。
Mike Pence's chief of staff, other top aide test positive for COVID-19
Two of Vice President Mike Pence's top deputies have tested positive for thecoronavirus: chief of staff Marc Short and political aide Marty Obst.
"Today, Marc Short, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, tested positive for COVID-19, began quarantine and assisting in the contact tracing process," Devin O'Malley, a press secretary for the vice president, said in a statement.
O'Malley said both Pence and wife Karen Pence tested negative for the virus on Saturday.
ABC News has also learned at least one additional staffer in the vice president's office has tested positive in the last few days and several staffers are now quarantining.
Pence has been crisscrossing the country on the campaign trail for weeks. He made visits to Lakeland and Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday. On Friday, he spent time in his home state of Indiana, where he voted in person in Indianapolis, before holding rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He will continue his schedule, O'Malley said, despite the close contact with Short.
"While Vice President Pence is considered a close contact with Mr. Short, in consultation with the White House Medical Unit, the Vice President will maintain his schedule in accordance with the CDC guidelines for essential personnel," he wrote in a statement.
Obst, a top political aide to the vice president, tested positive last week, multiple sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. He is an outside adviser and not a government employee.
Vice President Mike Pence's Chief of Staff Marc Short, center, listens as Vice President Mike Pence, left, answers a reporters question about his former homeland security advisor Olivia Troye, who criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, during a meeting on safety and quality for nursing homes in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.
Obst was spotted at a fundraiser at Trump Doral attended by both Pence andPresident Trumpon Oct. 15. While he was traveling with the VP last week, he wasn't in close proximity to him, sources say.
Obst did not respond to a request for comment. The vice president's office did not immediately respond.
The trusted adviser, who ran Pence's campaign in 2016, has kept up a steady stream of tweets and retweets on Twitter in recent days and weeks, though he does not appear to have mentioned his own diagnosis.
This is the second time someone close to Pence has tested positive for the virus. Katie Miller, Pence's press secretary and wife of Trump adviser Stephen Miller,tested positive for COVID-19 in May.
Both Mike Pence and the second lady tested negative for coronavirus in the days after President Donald Trumptested positiveand was hospitalized at the beginning of October.
Vice President Mike Pence gestures as he speaks at a campaign rally at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, Pa., Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.
Earlier this month, in an interview with CNN, Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, said the vice president was tested "every day."
At least 34 people connected to the White Housetested positive for the virusearlier this month, including the president and first lady Melania Trump, as well as press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, campaign manager Bill Stepien, senior adviser for policy Stephen Miller and outside advisers Kellyanne Conway and Chris Christie.
