Rep. Stephen Lynch
Stephen Francis LynchLawmakers interrogate the NSA about violation of years ago following a massive Russian hack COVID-19 is wildcard while Pelosi faces complicated speaker vote on Sunday NIGHT DEFENSE: Top overall negative for coronavirus, Pentagon chief must take the test after the result of Trump l Top House lawmakers launch investigation into the Pentagon redirecting funds from COVID-19 MORE (D-Mass.) He tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday afternoon after a member of his team tested positive for the virus.
“This afternoon, US Representative Stephen F. Lynch received a positive result for COVID-19 after a member of the Congressman’s office in Boston tested positive earlier in the week,” said Lynch spokeswoman Molly Rose Tarpey in a statement, according to CNN.
Tarpey said that Lynch plans to isolate and will vote by proxy next week, the news outlet reported. He remains asymptomatic.
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Lynch received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech and was negative before attending President Biden’s inauguration on January 20, according to CNN.
Lynch’s office did not immediately return a request from The Hill.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says that “a few weeks”For the body to create immunity after vaccination, which means that a person can be exposed just before or just after the injection and still get sick.
Lynch is the latest COVID-19 positive test legislator this month. Several Democratic lawmakers said that tested positive after the January 6 riots at the United States Capitol, claiming that his Republican Party colleagues refused to wear masks while being forced to gather in a safe, undisclosed location.
Dozens of Capitol police officers also tested positive for COVID-19 following the riots.