Ron Johnson becomes third GOP senator to test positive for COVID - News Today
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For any copyright, please send me a message. Wisconsin Sen Ron Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the third Republican senator to test positive within the past 24 hours. Johnson's office confirmed his diagnosis on Saturday, saying that he came in contact with an infected individual in Washington, DC, sometime after September 29 and received his test results on Friday. The 65-year-old 'feels healthy' and is not experiencing any symptoms, aides said, adding that he will remain isolated until he tests negative and that his office will go all-virtual for the foreseeable future. Two other GOP senators - Mike Lee of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina - also tested positive on Friday. It's believed Lee and Tillis may have contracted the virus after attending Amy Coney Barrett's ceremonial nomination to the Supreme Court last weekend. Johnson did not attend that event. The three diagnoses threaten to derail Barrett's confirmation process as the senators would not be able to attend the Senate confirmation hearing which is scheduled to begin in-person on October 12. As of Saturday, at least seven members of Donald Trump's inner circle have tested positive for COVID-19, including the president himself. Johnson's office said he spent two weeks in quarantine after learning he had been exposed to someone with coronavirus on September 14. The senator, who serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, tested negative twice during that quarantine period, according to a news release from his director of communications. He returned to Washington on Tuesday and shortly after was exposed to another person who has since tested positive for the virus, his aides said. Johnson's diagnosis came as:President Trump was taken to Walter Reed Hospital on Friday afternoon after confirming that he and first lady Melania tested positive for COVID-19Reports claimed the president was having 'trouble breathing' Eleven people involved in the set-up and planning of Tuesday night's presidential debate tested positive for COVID-19Seven people who attended Amy Coney Barrett's ceremonial nomination to the Supreme Court last Saturday tested positive for COVID-19, giving rise to fears that it was a 'super-spreader event'Among the top Trump officials who have tested positive are: Former presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway, top aide Hope Hicks, campaign manager Bill Stepien and RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump expressed their well-wishes for their fatherNew Jersey contact tracers are struggling to work out the names of all of the people who were present at a fundraiser the president attended on Thursday just hours before he was diagnosed with the virusThe
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