Vice President Mike Pence's Arizona trip was delayed due to Secret Service agents testing positive for COVID-19.
Dozens of agents and other Secret Service personnel began to self-quarantine for 14 days after that trip due to potential exposure to those infected agents. At that time, the USSS said it would not affect operations.remains prepared and staffed to fulfill all of the various duties as required," Milhoan said in a statement on June 24."Any implication that the agency is in some way unprepared or incapable of executing our mission would be inaccurate.
"To protect the privacy of our employees' health information and for operational security, the Secret Service is not releasing how many of its employees have tested positive for COVID-19, nor how many of its employees were, or currently are, quarantined," the statement continued. Vice President Mike Pence, right, answers a question as he holds a news conference with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, left, after their meeting to discuss the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Phoenix.
Vice President Mike Pence, right, answers a question as he holds a news conference with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, left, after their meeting to discuss the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Phoenix.The Secret Service employs approximately 3,200 special agents, 1,300 uniformed division officers and 2,000 support personnel.
Pence visited Florida on Thursday, the latest stop in a schedule taking him to various region particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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