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We are seeking clarity on the reports that Mike Pence is self-isolating, or at least distancing somewhat, from others at the White House.
His office has just released a statement to say that despite reports, Pence is not in quarantine and plans to be at the White House on Monday, local time.
.@VP @Mike_Pence is not in self isolation or quarantine after his press secretary tested positive. Officials tell me he has no restrictions on his schedule, "out of caution" he had a low key weekend and is following doctors' advice.
In Australia, a small group of people staged a protest in Melbourne echoing some of the wilder theories that we’ve been seeing in the US in recent weeks.
Demonstrators in Melbourne held signs about 5G, China and the Murray-Darling River while chanting “arrest Bill Gates”. Various speakers claimed Covid-19 was a conspiracy orchestrated by “globalists”, while one of the main organisers of the rally, Fanos Panayides, told the crowd he promised his father he would never be microchipped.
Panayides, previously a contestant on the Nine Network program Family Food Fight, was later arrested by police as he tried to find a verse from the Bible on his mobile phone.
Related: Ten arrested and police officer injured at protest against Victoria’s Covid-19 lockdown laws
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