US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Sarasota Military Academy (SMA) Friday, where he could have been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus. An SMA student and his mother are in quarantine due to the latter's contact with a coronavirus-infected patient at the Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, causing fear that other students had also been exposed.
On Friday, SMA senior cadets shook hands and took photos with Pence while he was in Sarasota, Florida, for a fundraiser. However, the school has reassured the Pentagon that the student who may be infected with the virus was not present during that event, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Monday. Likewise, Pence's office has also confirmed that the Florida student who was quarantined over the virus was not present when Pence was visiting the student's school.
Katie Miller, a spokesperson for Pence, confirmed in a Tuesday tweet that the vice president “did not meet or come into contact at all with this student.”
”Can we all take a deep breath?” she tweeted.
“I travel across this country all the time. My kids live all over the country,” Pence said Monday when asked to cancel future travel plans. “And look, this is a time to use common sense. Good time to wash your hands. But this time of year that's always a good decision. But as we've said, the risk remains low,” he added, Bloomberg reported.
In a Monday Facebook post by SMA, the school confirmed…
