“On Wednesday, January 6, many members of the House community were in protective isolation in (a) a room located in a large audience space of the committee. The time in this room was several hours for some and shorter for others. During that time, individuals may have been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection, “wrote Dr. Brian P. Monahan.
In the memo, Monahan instructed lawmakers and officials to monitor for possible symptoms of Covid-19 and take the Covid-19 test as a precaution.
The risk of an outbreak arises when Congress has faced dozens of members of both chambers who have hired Covid-19 since the pandemic began. Members of Congress were prioritized for vaccination in an effort to maintain government continuity on Capitol Hill, and several lawmakers received the Covid-19 vaccine.
The Capitol doctor did not specify which lawmakers may have been exposed, nor did he say in which safe room the exposure took place.
Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Michael Cloud of Texas and Doug LaMalfa of California could be seen in the video unmasked and brought together.
They declined the Democratic Republic of Delaware’s offer. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who approached them with blue surgical masks.
It was not immediately clear whether these legislators were among the potentially exposed members of Congress.