At least 8 Secret Service agents stuck in Phoenix with coronavirus after Pence trip

Source: CNN

At least eight Secret Service agents are currently holed up in a hotel in Phoenix, some suffering the flu-like coronavirus symptoms after coming down with the disease while preparing for a visit by Vice President Mike Pence, two people familiar with the matter say.

Last month, up to 15 agents who tested positive for the virus loaded into cars and drove themselves home, avoiding flights after becoming infected while preparing for President Donald Trump's campaign rally, according to another source familiar with the situation.

And in South Dakota, agents have been on the ground for days preparing for Trump's visit to Mount Rushmore -- but also for what some view as the inevitability that one or many of them will contract the virus.

On Thursday morning, a group of approximately 20 agents conducted a walk-through of the event clustered close together, surveying seating at the top of the Mount Rushmore amphitheater, the press area and the stage where the President will speak. Just two wore a mask; a separate group of a half-dozen uniformed officers assembling magnetometers at the park's entrance did not wear masks. But every agent screening attendees at the entrance was masked hours later.

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