Marc Short, the chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence, has tested positive for COVID-19.The vice president's office confirmed the result happened Saturday.Pence and his wife both tested negative this weekend, and the vice president will keep his schedule, according to a statement from his office.Short is Pence바카라 게임 웹사이트�s closest aide and the vice president is considered a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�close contact바카라 게임 웹사이트� under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Pence spokesman Devin O바카라 게임 웹사이트�Malley says that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�in consultation with the White House Medical Unit, the Vice President will maintain his schedule in accordance with the CDC guidelines for essential personnel.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Those guidelines mandate that essential workers exposed to someone with the coronavirus closely monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 and wear a mask whenever around other people.After a day of campaigning Saturday, Pence was seen wearing a mask as he returned to Washington aboard Air Force Two once the news of Short바카라 게임 웹사이트�s diagnosis was made public.Another top aide for Pence also recently tested positive, according to reports Saturday.Pence, who has headed the White House coronavirus task force since late February, has repeatedly found himself in an uncomfortable position balancing political concerns with the administration's handling the pandemic that has killed more than 220,000 Americans. The vice president has advocated mask-wearing and social distancing, but often does not wear one himself and holds large political events where many people do not wear face-coverings.By virtue of his position as vice president, Pence is considered an essential worker. The White House did not address how Pence's political activities amounted to essential work.Short's diagnosis comes weeks after the coronavirus spread through the White House, infecting President Donald Trump, the first lady, and two dozen other aides, staffers and allies.President Trump: Barron free of COVID-19 Short, Pence's top aide and one of his closest confidants, did not travel with the vice president on Saturday.