Sen Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, speaks throughout the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security in Afghanistan and in the areas of South and Central Asia, in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker stated on Sunday they both checked favorable for Covid-19 and were experiencing moderate signs in the middle of an across the country rise in coronavirus cases.
Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, 72, stated on Twitter she is immunized and improved and frequently checked for Covid-19, and “while I tested negative earlier this week, today I tested positive with a breakthrough case.”
Booker, 52, a New Jersey Democrat, stated on Twitter he had actually found out Sunday of his favorable test “after first feeling symptoms on Saturday.” He included he had “relatively mild” signs and just recently had actually gotten a vaccine booster. “I’m certain that without them I would be doing much worse,” he stated.
There were long lines at a Capitol Hill Covid-19 screening place recently. The Senate adjourned early Saturday tillJan 3.
Warren’s medical diagnosis comes in the middle of a rise of U.S. Covid-19 cases.
Earlier Sunday, Warren tweeted: “As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible – together, we can save lives.”
Sen Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks throughout Attorney General candidate Merrick Garland’s verification hearing prior to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC, February 22, 2021.
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In August, 3 other U.S. senators– Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Democrat John Hickenlooper of Colorado and independent Angus King of Maine all checked favorable for Covid-19
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina likewise stated in August he had actually checked favorable. All 4 were immunized and consequently recuperated.
Other senators who formerly checked favorable and recuperated consist of Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Bill Cassidy ofLouisiana
