Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, has been diagnosed with Covid-19, the vice president’s office announced in a statement, marking the second top Pence aide to test positive this week. “Today, Marc Short, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, tested positive for COVID-19, began quarantine and assisting in the contact tracing process,” Pence’s press secretary Devin O’Malley said in a statement Saturday. The vice president walked across the tarmac from Marine Two in a mask and boarded Air Force Two about an hour behind schedule. Despite Pence being in close contact with Short as recently as Friday, the vice president plans to continue campaigning. Short’s diagnosis comes weeks after President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and several aides and members of White House staff tested positive.

Source: Daily Nation October 25, 2020 03:22 UTC