(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) U.S. Vice President Press Secretary New Corona Virus Test Positive

　　China News Service, Washington, May 8 (Reporter Chen Mengtong) Katie Miller, the press secretary of US Vice President Pence, tested positive for the new crown virus on the 8th. Pence's scheduled trip to Iowa that day was forced to be postponed.

　　This is the infection that has been diagnosed by the White House staff for two consecutive days. On the 7th, a New Coronavirus test for a US Navy active member working in the West Wing of the White House was positive. The White House then decided to conduct daily testing of staff who contacted the president and vice president.

　　Katie Miller is the wife of Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) quoted White House officials as saying that Miller had been in the White House on the morning of the 8th before learning the test results, and she also appeared "symptoms."

　　Trump revealed in the White House on the afternoon of the 8th that Pence re-tested the virus and found it to be negative, but he had no contact with Katie Miller. "She had been negative before, and this result was a bit unexpected."

　　The US media said that Miller did not accompany Pence while traveling, but after learning of her diagnosis, the vice presidential staff who had contact with her were asked to withdraw from the "Air Force Two" special plane, re-examined, and returned home. Stand by. Pence's day trip was delayed by about an hour.

　　For two consecutive days of staff diagnosed with infection, the White House press secretary McNee responded at a press conference on the 8th that the White House is still "safely operating", "We have implemented the anti-epidemic safety guidelines put forward by experts, clean the facilities, and keep social distance".

　　The White House ’s Deputy Secretary of Information, Deere, said in a statement, “The president ’s doctors and White House departments will continue to work closely together to take all precautions to ensure that the president, the first family and the entire White House are safe and healthy at all times. In addition to social distance, daily body temperature testing, and regular in-depth cleaning of all workplaces, every staff member close to the president and vice president and any visitors are subject to the new crown virus test every day. "(End)