Aide to US vice-president tests positive for virus

Addis Ababa, May 9, 2020 (FBC) – A top aide to the US Vice-President Mike Pence – his press secretary Katie Miller – tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.

Pence had not been in recent contact with Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, a senior aide to US President Donald Trump, reports say.

Katie Miller’s diagnosis came two days after the White House said a member of the US military, a valet to Trump, had tested positive for the virus.

But spokespeople said Trump and Pence had tested negative and remained in “great health” after coming into contact with that aide.

Separately, a personal assistant to Trump’s daughter Ivanka has also tested positive, according to BBC reports.