No plans for Kamala Harris to quarantine after meeting with COVID-positive pols from Texas
Vice President Kamala Harris doesn’t need to quarantine after meeting with Texas lawmakers who later tested positive for coronavirus, according to a spokesperson for the veep.
Harris met with the out-of-towners in Washington on Tuesday. The group of Democrats had fled Texas in order to block a Republican bill that they said would make it harder to vote. Three of them tested positive for COVID on Saturday.
Two of the COVID-positive pols had met with Harris and some of her staff.
“Based on the timeline of these positive tests, it was determined the vice president and her staff present at the meeting were not at risk of exposure because they were not in close contact with those who tested positive and therefore do not need to be tested or quarantined,” Harris spokeswoman Symone Sanders said in a Saturday statement.
“The vice president and her staff are fully vaccinated,” she added.
Along with Harris, the Texas Democrats met with members of Congress including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Schumer and his staff did not meet with the lawmakers who tested positive, according to a statement from the senator quoted by Reuters.
