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Russia has registered more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the sixth day in a row, after emerging as a new hotspot of the pandemic.
A government tally on Friday showed 10,669 new cases over the last 24 hours, fewer than Thursday’s record of 11,231, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 187,859.
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The White House has instituted daily, as opposed to weekly, coronavirus tests of US president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence, Reuters reports.
Earlier today, it was confirmed that Pence’s press secretary, the wife of one of president Donald Trump’s senior advisers, had tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarm about the virus’ potential spread within the White House’s inner most circle.
The diagnosis of Katie Miller, who is married to White House immigration adviser and speech writer Stephen Miller, was revealed by Trump in a meeting with Republican lawmakers on Friday, a day after news that Trump’s personal valet had tested positive for the virus.
Earlier on Friday, Trump was asked in a Fox News interview whether those who serve him food would now cover their faces. “They’ve already started,” he said on the network’s “Fox and Friends” morning program.
Trump told Fox News he has not yet been tested for antibodies to the coronavirus but probably would be soon. Such a test could confirm previous exposure.
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