WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s leading health experts on safely dealing with the novel coronavirus will be testifying in a Senate hearing by a videoconference this week after three of them and the committee's chairman were exposed to people who tested positive for COVID-19.
Adding to a string of potentially awkward moments for President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence himself self-isolated for the weekend after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
Pence leads Trump's coronavirus task force. The images of top administration officials taking such precautions come as states seek to loosen economic restrictions put in place to mitigate the virus' spread.