Collins and Gaetz are the latest lawmakers to self-quarantine following concerns over possible exposure to Covid-19., which has so far spread to more than 100 countries and claimed 26 American lives.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., seated left center, talks Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., during a House Judiciary Committee markup in December. On Monday, both Gaetz and Collins said they were imposing self-quarantines after coming in contact with someone infected with coronavirus.Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., seated left center, talks Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., during a House Judiciary Committee markup in December.
Neither have reported any symptoms, but said their decisions to self-quarantine were taken out of an abundance of caution.that he was notified by officials from last month's Conservative Political Action Conference that they discovered a photo of him with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus.
According to the office, the unidentified individual is from New Jersey and was ill during CPAC, which ran from Feb. 26 to Feb. 29. The person was hospitalized and his symptoms worsened when he returned to New Jersey. "The president of the United States, as we all know, is quite a hand washer," White House press secretary Stephanie GrishamAnother member of Congress, Julia Brownley, D-Calif., said on Monday that she, too, is self-quarantining upon learning that a person she spoke to in Washington last week tested positive for coronavirus.
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