USVP Pence and wife test negative for coronavirus

Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife have tested negative for coronavirus, his press office said Saturday.

"Pleased to report that the COVID-19 test results came back negative for both Vice President @Mike_Pence and Second Lady @KarenPence," the vice president's press secretary Katie Miller tweeted.

Earlier Pence had confirmed he would be tested for the virus after one of his office staffers contracted the illness.