Pompeo Shortens Asia Trip as White House Grapples With Virus

WATCH: The coronavirus outbreak within the White House is cutting short Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s current visit to Asia. Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Faris Mokhtar

October 3, 2020 at 11:39 PM EDT

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U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will shorten his travel to Asia this week as the White House deals with the spread of the coronavirus among its top officials.

Pompeo will visit Tokyo from Oct. 4-6 for a meeting of the foreign ministers of four of the Indo-Pacific region’s biggest democracies, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. His earlier itinerary included trips to Mongolia and South Korea on Oct. 6-8.