{"id":142836,"date":"2020-03-22T01:20:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T01:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/pence-and-wife-will-be-tested-for-covid-19-after-staffer-tests-positive\/"},"modified":"2020-03-22T01:20:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T01:20:41","slug":"pence-and-wife-will-be-tested-for-covid-19-after-staffer-tests-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/pence-and-wife-will-be-tested-for-covid-19-after-staffer-tests-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence and Wife Will Be Tested for COVID-19 After Staffer Tests Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice President Mike Pence said at a March 21 briefing<\/a> at the White House that he and his wife will be tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus.<\/p>\n

The Epoch Times refers to the novel coronavirus, which originated from Wuhan, China and causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Partys (CCP) coverup and mismanagement of the outbreak fueled its spread throughout China and across the world.<\/p>\n

Pence said that he and his wife Karen would take the test later in the day because a member of his staff earlier tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n

The Vice President, who heads the White House COVID-19 task force, told reporters that the staff member was last at the White House on Monday but didnt come into direct contact with him or President Donald Trump. Pence added that the affected individual had \u201cmild cold symptoms,\u201d but \u201ches doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pence said that while there was a priority to give tests to people with symptoms, he would take one due to his strategic role as chief of the task force.<\/p>\n

He said over 195,000 Americans who had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 have now been tested, with 19,343 of them having been diagnosed with the virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cTesting is expanding rapidly across the United States of America,\u201d Pence said, adding, \u201cState-run drive-throughs are expanding across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pence also urged people to cancel elective surgeries in order to preserve personal protective equipment like gowns and masks for those on the front lines of the outbreak.<\/p>\n

Testing Priority<\/h2>\n

Pence urged members of the public not to rush to get tests done unless theyre symptomatic in order to minimize the use of personal protective equipment, which has been in short supply.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you dont have symptoms, dont do a test,\u201d Pence said.<\/p>\n

Brett Giroir, the four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who serves as the Assistant Secretary for Health under the Trump administration, said at the briefing that testing should be prioritized for front-line staff dealing with the outbreak, as well as for those with symptoms, particularly if they fall into certain categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, everyone across the country should understand that those hospitalized or in an ICU are a priority for testing. Symptomatic health care workers\u2014for obvious reasons we want to make sure that their health is preserved and that they are not going to spread to those that may be seriously ill,\u201d Giroir said.<\/p>\n

Along with, \u201cpatients in public health investigations, and there are local priorities around the country, particularly health care workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Symptomatic people in long-term care facilities, who are over 65, or who have underlying conditions like heart and liver disease, were all at priority for testing, Giroir added.<\/p>\n

Giroir presented a chart of COVID-19 tests completed through March 20, noting that the data was limited to CDC state public health labs and those affiliated with the American Clinical Laboratory Association, but does not include the over 15,000 of hospital-based labs, \u201cmany of which are doing testing,\u201d he said. Data from the hospital-based labs would be available this week, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you see, this curve will continue to rise dramatically over the next period of time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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