Dr. Deborah Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci highlighted the need to keep mitigation efforts going into the future. WASHINGTON - The White House is stepping up precautions to protect the president and vice president from contracting the new coronavirus. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Starting Friday, anyone who is expected to be in “close proximity” to either President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence will be given a quick COVID-19 test “to evaluate for pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers status to limit inadvertent transmission.” RELATED: ‘It is affecting every age group’: 3D video shows extensive damage to lungs caused by COVID-19 That’s according to White House spokesman Judd