The vice president further accused the World Health Organization of being China's "willing partner" in its reported concealment of COVID-19 information.
Vice President Mike Pence said his doctor does "not recommend" following President Donald Trump's example in taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19.
"I would like the vice president—since he asked me to apologize—to ask his boss, who lies every time there isn't a McNugget in his mouth, to apologize for the following perversions of decency and democracy," Jimmy Kimmel said.
"Vice President Pence has tested negative every single day and plans to be at the White House tomorrow," a spokesperson for the vice president told Newsweek.
The service, which protects political leaders including the president, said in March there was only one case, but new documents show that the disease is more widespread than believed.
A deceptively edited video clip used in a 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' segment inaccurately portrayed vice president Mike Pence as manipulating a photo op with empty boxes of PPE.
"He didn't want to wear a mask because he wanted to look them in the eye and say thank you. What kind of mask was he planning to wear? Spider-Man?" Kimmel asked on his late-night show.
The White House Coronavirus Task Force member said social distancing will continue through the summer months, noting that many governors understand the process of reopening must be very gradual.
The head of the White House coronavirus task force told The Wall Street Journal that he was encouraged by a decrease in cases in major metropolitan areas.
Senator Angus King said he's "never been so mad about a phone call in my life" after a call between Senate Democrats and members of the White House coronavirus task force Friday afternoon about the country's testing capabilities.
Citing no evidence, the president claimed that 29 states would soon be ready to begin the process of lifting social distancing measures meant to halt the spread of COVID-19
The president told reporters that he continues to favor an unproven combination of drugs as a treatment for COVID-19 because he wants to keep people from using ventilators.
The members of the Coronavirus Task Force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, are set to appear in the White House's James S. Brady Press Briefing room at around 5:00 p.m. EST Sunday.