US VP Pence to self isolate after an aide tested positive for coronavirus
|US VP Mike Pence is to self isolate after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Jennifer Jacobs, a Bloomberg reporter tweeted, "Vice President Mike Pence is self-isolating away from the White House after an aide was diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday, per several people familiar with the situation. Pence has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19, including today, I’m told."
Following that the Bloomberg news said, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, tested positive for coronavirus on Friday. Miller is the primary spokeswoman for the task force.
FX implications
The news could weigh on the market’s risk-tone and might exert additional pressure on the AUD/USD pair. The Aussie pair currently struggles to extend the previous two-day rise while trading around 0.6520 amid the early Monday morning in Asia.
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