Mike Pence won't adhere to mandatory quarantine after five assistants tested positive for coronavirus.

#mikepence #covid19 #pandamic #elections.

Mike Pence won't follow mandatory quarantine.

Sources told the media that five people in the orbit of Vice President Mike Pence have tested positive for the Coronavirus in recent days, including Chief of Staff Mark Short, close aide Zach Bauer and outside advisor Marty Obst.

There were concerns that more people in Mike Pence's inner circle would test positive in the next days. 

"They are afraid," the source said of the vice president’s office workers.

Mike Pence casts his vote in the election.

US Vice President Mike Pence sided with his wife Karen, after casting his vote in the upcoming election at a polling station in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA on October 23.

Vice President Mike Pence's office said he will not put himself in quarantine even though several of his aides have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Pence's chief of staff Mark Short is under mandatory isolation.

Vice Presidential spokesman Devin O'Malley said in a statement that Pence's chief of staff, Mark Short, was in isolation after he tested positive on Saturday. And according to NBC News, the vice president's senior political advisor, Marty Obst, and at least three other aides tested positive.

O'Malley said in a statement late on Saturday that Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence had tested negative and "remain in good health".

“While Vice President Pence is in close contact with Mr. Short, in consultation with the White House Medical Unit, the vice president will maintain his schedule following CDC guidelines for essential personnel,” O'Malley said.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows refused to disclose how many individuals associated with the Vice President's office who tested positive for the virus were pressured by Jake Tapper of CNN on Sunday morning.

Meadows said he will not disclose personal information "unless it is the vice president or president, or someone very close to them that there are people in harm's way."

He announced, "We won't manage the epidemic. We will control the fact that we have vaccinations, treatments, and other mitigations."

The cluster of issues near the vice president comes at a politically perilous time: nine days before the presidential election.

President Donald Trump was hospitalized with Covid-19 earlier this month, but has since said he has recovered.

Mike Pence in the Senate floor on Monday.

On Monday, Pence is expected to be on the Senate floor to confirm Judge Amy Connie Barrett before the Supreme Court. 

At a rally in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday night, Pence said he "will not miss this vote for the world."

Barrett's assertion, which now appears certain, was jeopardized after three Republican senators contracted the virus.

Two of those lawmakers Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina attended Barrett's nomination ceremony for the White House last month, which has subsequently been linked to at least eight issues.

The 61-year-old Pence is at risk of contracting a severe illness from Covid-19 due to his age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the greatest risk is for those aged 85 and over.

Source: Reuters.